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Category: Apache Kafka

When (and when not) to use Apache Kafka® Diskless Topics

I recently wrote a Visual Guide to Apache Kafka Diskless Topics, which introduces the main ideas behind Kafka Diskless Topics and ...

Say goodbye to ZooKeeper™: A production-ready path to KRaft designed for service ...

Over the last few months, NetApp has executed over 700 in‑place ZooKeeper‑to‑KRaft migrations on the NetApp Instaclustr Platform, ...

Kafka Sink Connectors explained: Bridging your data pipeline

A "sink connector" sounds simple—until you realize different systems use the term from different perspectives. In Apache Kafka ...

Why regular Kafka® client upgrades matter: Lessons from the April 2026 CVEs

Keeping Kafka brokers and, just as importantly, Kafka clients up to date is one of the simplest and most effective ways to&hellip...

Apache Kafka® 4.1.0: Advancing Queues and rack-aware rebalancing returns

What is new in the latest Kafka release? In my previous blog, I introduced the new Streams Rebalance Protocol. Now, I'm diving&...

What’s new in Kafka® 4.1.0? Introducing the new Streams Rebalance Protocol

It’s been a while since I’ve looked at new Apache Kafka versions and features (Kafka 4.0.0 back in July/August 2025, just after&...

Introducing Kafka Client Telemetry: Centralized client metrics for Instaclustr Managed ...

NetApp, a leading provider of fully managed open source data and workflow application solutions, is introducing a significant ...

How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 3: ...

The missing piece In parts 1 and 2, we built a complete streaming pipeline: Kafka for ingestion, Kafka Connect for data movement,&...

How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 2: ...

Where we left off In part 1, we deployed a managed Apache Kafka cluster with Terraform. That gave us a reliable message&hellip...