Specifies the number of partitions to assign to a topic created through a CREATE TABLE statement.

Data Type

int

Default Value

1

Remarks

When you execute a CREATE TABLE statement, the driver creates a new empty Kafka topic. By default, this topic is created with one partition.

Increase this value to create topics with additional partitions. More partitions allow Kafka to distribute messages across multiple consumers within the same consumer group, enabling greater parallelism and higher throughput. Choose a partition count that aligns with your expected workload and consumer group size.