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How to handle bad messages safely in Kafka Streams with KIP-1034 Dead Letter Queues

Kafka Streams dead letter queue explained: learn how KIP-1034 adds DLQ support for deserialization errors, raw byte preservation, metadata headers, and replay workflows.

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June 1, 2026

By Paul Brebner

What’s new in Cassandra® 6? A roundup of features for users and operators

Explore what is new in Apache Cassandra 6. Discover powerful features like Accord transactions, automated repair, and TCM to boost cluster performance.

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May 14, 2026

By Mariah McLaughlin

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

Discover the best use cases for Kafka Diskless Topics. Learn how this diskless architecture impacts latency, slow producers, and scalability for workloads.

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May 14, 2026

By Paul Brebner

Say goodbye to ZooKeeper™: A production-ready path to KRaft designed for service continuity at no added cost

Planning a Kafka ZooKeeper to KRaft migration? Learn how to achieve a zero-downtime transition, automate the process, and future-proof your cluster.

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May 11, 2026

By Phil Yang

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How to handle bad messages safely in Kafka Streams with KIP-1034 Dead Letter Queues
June 1, 2026 | By Paul Brebner
Kafka Streams dead letter queue explained: learn how KIP-1034 adds DLQ support for deserialization errors, raw byte preservation, metadata headers, and replay workflows.
June 1, 2026 | By Paul Brebner
What’s new in Cassandra® 6? A roundup of features for users and operators
May 14, 2026 | By Mariah McLaughlin
Explore what is new in Apache Cassandra 6. Discover powerful features like Accord transactions, automated repair, and TCM to boost cluster performance.
May 14, 2026 | By Mariah McLaughlin
When (and when not) to use Apache Kafka® Diskless Topics
May 14, 2026 | By Paul Brebner
Discover the best use cases for Kafka Diskless Topics. Learn how this diskless architecture impacts latency, slow producers, and scalability for workloads.
May 14, 2026 | By Paul Brebner
Say goodbye to ZooKeeper™: A production-ready path to KRaft designed for service continuity at no added cost
May 11, 2026 | By Phil Yang
Planning a Kafka ZooKeeper to KRaft migration? Learn how to achieve a zero-downtime transition, automate the process, and future-proof your cluster.
May 11, 2026 | By Phil Yang
Tag Management made easy on the NetApp Instaclustr Platform
May 7, 2026 | By Jeremy Giddings
Discover our new Self‑Service Tag Management feature - an easier way to organize, identify, categorize, and filter NetApp Instaclustr managed resources across the cloud.
May 7, 2026 | By Jeremy Giddings
Kafka Sink Connectors explained: Bridging your data pipeline
May 6, 2026 | By Walt Ribeiro
Wondering how a Kafka sink connector works? Learn how to stream data from Kafka to a ClickHouse sink for fast, real-time pipeline analytics.
May 6, 2026 | By Walt Ribeiro
Why regular Kafka® client upgrades matter: Lessons from the April 2026 CVEs
May 4, 2026 | By Varun Ghai
Stay secure and reliable with regular Kafka upgrades. Learn how the April 2026 CVEs highlight the critical need for consistent Apache Kafka client updates!
May 4, 2026 | By Varun Ghai
Understanding OpenSearch® vector field type—Part 2: sparse_vector
April 27, 2026 | By Ramya Ravi
Discover how OpenSearch sparse vector fields improve term-level precision. Learn to build better AI search pipelines beyond dense vector search today.
April 27, 2026 | By Ramya Ravi
Apache Cassandra® 6 Accord transactions: What you need to know
April 24, 2026 | By Mariah McLaughlin
Discover how Cassandra 6 delivers native Cassandra ACID capabilities. Learn about the Accord protocol and what a new ACID transaction means for your data.
April 24, 2026 | By Mariah McLaughlin
Apache Kafka® 4.1.0: Advancing Queues and rack-aware rebalancing returns
April 22, 2026 | By Paul Brebner
Discover the top Apache Kafka 4.1.X features, from rack-aware partition rebalancing to Queues for Kafka, to optimize your data streaming architecture.
April 22, 2026 | By Paul Brebner

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