#kip-500

Let’s think Kafka cluster without Zookeeper with KIP-500

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Right now, Apache Kafka® utilizes Apache ZooKeeper™ to store its metadata. Information such as the partitions, configuration of topics, access control lists, etc. metadata stored in a ZooKeeper cluster. Managing a Zookeeper cluster creates an additional burden on the infrastructure and the admins. With KIP-500, we are going to see a Kafka cluster without the…