Why is Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage more like a dam than a fountain? Part 4: Tiered Storage use cases

In two recent blogs, I investigated the new Kafka Tiered Storage architecture which enables Kafka to stream more (essentially unlimited data) for less cost (by storing more older records on cloud-native storage). In Part 1 I explored how local vs. remote storage works in theory, and in Part 2 I revealed some performance results and…

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Why is Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage more like a dam than a fountain? Part 3: Kafka time and space

At a medieval feast where food is better! This picture illustrate the theme of this and the next blog: “more is often better”! (Source: Adobe Stock)  In two recent blogs, I investigated the new Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage architecture which enables Kafka to stream more (essentially unlimited data) for less cost (by storing more older…