Flink is an open source framework for distributed stream processing that:
- Provides results that are accurate, even in the case of out-of-order or late-arriving data
- Is stateful and fault tolerant, and can seamlessly recover from failures while maintaining an exactly-once application state
- Performs on a large scale, running on thousands of nodes with very good throughput and latency characteristics
The following diagram is a generalized view of stream processing:
Many of Flink's features - state management, handling out-of-order data, flexible windowing – are essential for computing accurate results ...
