diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/uc1-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/uc1-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 328a51745abeba130c45e29fa0c62060f852fbcd..dda3a12228f20869999e8cc0b8bf67f41f380c37 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/uc1-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/uc1-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/uc1-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/uc1-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
index a4d307fdbbe17bf4b71a308e99c4132e0600188f..8a4bbd90e220ac759f2374db2070f3b507aa4ca5 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/uc1-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/uc1-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: ".*samza.*"
         removeOnly: true
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index b7d33a11d597db3f6371353f8783dc0a7d2252fe..2dd1bde1b18516734d7d50453f399e692265d53b 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-flink/uc1-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/uc1-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/uc1-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 6961f4452a0f084074252c0ed0d0e0710ac45ac8..6e89af1c4cbbaaef5c3e4e9cd72b0443955793e2 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/uc1-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/uc1-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 6bda0c7da1ccf19ccf39917436a1b188152582db..0b3f36cfe4b15ec7057830072aa8cc06743a6397 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-kstreams/uc1-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/uc2-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/uc2-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 39ddaa38df4a1f1f5c3db45afa14b00ee7eb9087..5c0337dfd0bcb6fd672a6b93c42c52bb989b2677 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/uc2-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/uc2-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/uc2-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/uc2-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 14c8ed5a05b9a268019ab36ef9dfa3cc2d80e9e0..b341f36eb4e247de80a8aab6b993e6dc1c3bcb16 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/uc2-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/uc2-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: ".*samza.*"
         removeOnly: true
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index d1cf9e5200f47a6a3317fe114b31231dbb9c3767..d0a71fb73b5b9fd533426eb826fd0f83d1c9dae7 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-flink/uc2-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/uc2-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/uc2-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
index d51d06ce2ed9a8e5f5ba2da29979792dade7043e..2e005033349145bb8fc2494fb52eea39d73ecbb8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/uc2-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/uc2-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 0f522e58a46ebb8a9fe05b80bd1527bedc347134..35d55b6079ee3ffd4eafef100dc48fd4dcb7f116 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/uc3-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/uc3-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 263cfe3a613baa51099abc54373525076cd1adfe..d923bd993fac32b7c2db2aa75715fbdd5e948f15 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/uc3-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/uc3-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/uc3-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/uc3-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
index c613fc8fd4fe485084098c822e14f05287223de1..a4c8d8a8116f2b674f03fb3f02b9f95492697db2 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/uc3-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/uc3-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: ".*samza.*"
         removeOnly: true
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index ce0bfc5ba193b8fce2a057f50aa0d2eb284afb3f..41f2129ebd8afb8370ae6bfb8291fcc498d851fd 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-flink/uc3-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/uc3-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/uc3-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
index e986ec5d00b97d7e76c15ddaa3b3b6716a4a798b..c5c3b34ccaa4515d871c1c25978179669865d25b 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/uc3-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/uc3-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 2da70b476843dbcbb6587ecd370151d6852ce856..15b21d74f58a1d5e6841de372ac5744060200c73 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/uc4-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/uc4-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 6a9e33b403c626239e2d914f2cd51bf6ab79cc16..34670bdca234e24d37382c43b585169b550f99a3 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/uc4-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/uc4-beam-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "output"
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+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "configuration"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "aggregation-feedback"
-        numPartitions: 40
+        numPartitions: 100
         replicationFactor: 1
       - name: "theodolite-.*"
         removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/uc4-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/uc4-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 1955f6e1a3f16f1273f0d2ef037a11368ed11c07..419cfc18ff03e45da844cdfb5d8a35f0cf70b616 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/uc4-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/uc4-beam-samza-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
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       - name: "aggregation-feedback"
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       - name: "theodolite-.*"
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diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
index b1b563bb415deea9978f9887a581f02b0e086497..951f4f0b5af5d1532eb6cb366f8d06bf8868156a 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-flink/uc4-flink-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
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       - name: "theodolite-.*"
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diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/uc4-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/uc4-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 7bf62c20c541a48a1e0c78bd68e9ce9e1f0af558..1a6a3b3dc6b9825da8cb139825d85bbff635f15b 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/uc4-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/uc4-hazelcastjet-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ spec:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
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         replicationFactor: 1
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       - name: "theodolite-.*"
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diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 7c656988f5d7f3c2f0ef3932b4459be8d97f8cb8..f6de5f34dbff99f2ac5a9501fb296af0750bdde0 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-kstreams-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ spec:
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