Redpanda promises Kafka protocol compatibility without the JVM, without ZooKeeper, and with a thread-per-core design. By 2025 there are serious production deployments. It is worth understanding where the switch pays off and where it doesn’t.
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Kafka without ZooKeeper: KRaft in production
Kafka 4.0 arrived in March delivering on its promise: the cluster self-manages without ZooKeeper. After months running KRaft clusters and forced migrations, time to review what really changes, where the differences hurt, and what to know before migrating.
Read moreKafka without ZooKeeper: KRaft in production
Kafka 4.0 arrived in March delivering on its promise: the cluster self-manages without ZooKeeper. After months running KRaft clusters and forced migrations, time to review what really changes, where the differences hurt, and what to know before migrating.
Read more