Nice, I was just wondering about this! I'll make sure to look at the PR and
maybe try it out on our infra.

Do you want to initiate a vote too?

Thanks,
Viktor

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:46 PM Harsha <ka...@harsha.io> wrote:

> Hi All,
>           Thanks for the initial feedback on the KIP-405.  We opened a PR
> here https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/7561 .
> Please take a look and let us know if you have any questions.
> Since this feature is being developed by engineers from different
> companies we would like to open a feature branch in apache kafka git. It
> will allow us collaborate in open source community rather than in private
> branches. Please let me know if you have any objections to opening a
> feature branch in kafka's git repo.
>
> Thanks,
> Harsha
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019, at 10:04 PM, Harsha wrote:
> > Thanks, Ron. Updating the KIP. will add answers here as well
> >
> >  1) If the cold storage technology can be cross-region, is there a
> >  possibility for a disaster recovery Kafka cluster to share the messages
> in
> >  cold storage?  My guess is the answer is no, and messages replicated to
> the
> >  D/R cluster have to be migrated to cold storage from there
> independently.
> >  (The same cross-region cold storage medium could be used, but every
> message
> >  would appear there twice).
> >
> > If I understand the question correctly, what you are saying is Kafka A
> > cluster (active) shipping logs to remote storage which cross-region
> > replication and another Kafka Cluster B (Passive) will it be able to
> > use the remote storage copied logs directly.
> > For the initial version my answer is No. We can handle this in
> > subsequent changes after this one.
> >
> >  2) Can/should external (non-Kafka) tools have direct access to the
> messages
> >  in cold storage.  I think this might have been addressed when someone
> asked
> >  about ACLs, and I believe the answer is "no" -- if some external tool
> needs
> >  to operate on that data then that external tool should read that data by
> > acting as a Kafka consumer.  Again, just asking to get the answer clearly
> > documented in case it is unclear.
> >
> > The answer is No. All tools/clients must go through broker APIs to
> > access any data (local or remote).
> > Only Kafka broker user will have access to remote storage logs and
> > Security/ACLs will work the way it does today.
> > Tools/Clients going directly to the remote storage might help in terms
> > of efficiency but this requires Protocol changes and some way of
> > syncing ACLs in Kafka to the Remote storage.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Harsha
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019, at 8:48 AM, Ron Dagostino wrote:
> > > Hi Harsha.  A couple of questions.  I think I know the answers, but it
> > > would be good to see them explicitly documented.
> > >
> > > 1) If the cold storage technology can be cross-region, is there a
> > > possibility for a disaster recovery Kafka cluster to share the
> messages in
> > > cold storage?  My guess is the answer is no, and messages replicated
> to the
> > > D/R cluster have to be migrated to cold storage from there
> independently.
> > > (The same cross-region cold storage medium could be used, but every
> message
> > > would appear there twice).
> > >
> > > 2) Can/should external (non-Kafka) tools have direct access to the
> messages
> > > in cold storage.  I think this might have been addressed when someone
> asked
> > > about ACLs, and I believe the answer is "no" -- if some external tool
> needs
> > > to operate on that data then that external tool should read that data
> by
> > > acting as a Kafka consumer.  Again, just asking to get the answer
> clearly
> > > documented in case it is unclear.
> > >
> > > Ron
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 12:53 AM Harsha <ka...@harsha.io> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Viktor,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Now, will the consumer be able to consume a remote segment if:
> > > > - the remote segment is stored in the remote storage, BUT
> > > > - the leader broker failed right after this AND
> > > > - the follower which is to become a leader didn't scan yet for a new
> > > > segment?"
> > > >
> > > > If I understand correctly, after a local log segment copied to
> remote and
> > > > leader is failed to write the index files and leadership changed to a
> > > > follower. In this case we consider the log segment copy failed and
> newly
> > > > elected leader will start copying the data from last the known
> offset in
> > > > the remote to copy.  Consumers who are looking for the offset which
> might
> > > > be in the failed copy log segment will continue to be read the data
> from
> > > > local disk since the local log segment will only be deleted once a
> > > > successful copy of the log segment.
> > > >
> > > > "As a follow-up question, what are your experiences, does a failover
> in a
> > > > broker causes bigger than usual churn in the consumers? (I'm
> thinking about
> > > > the time required to rebuild remote index files.)"
> > > >
> > > > Rebuild remote index files will only happen in case of  remote
> storage
> > > > missing all the copied index files.  Fail-over will not trigger this
> > > > rebuild.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Ryan,
> > > >
> > > > "Harsha, can you comment on this alternative approach: instead of
> fetching
> > > > directly from remote storage via a new API, implement something like
> > > > paging, where segments are paged-in and out of cold storage based on
> access
> > > > frequency/recency? For example, when a remote segment is accessed,
> it could
> > > > be first fetched to disk and then read from there. I suppose this
> would
> > > > require less code changes, or at least less API changes."
> > > >
> > > > Copying whole log segment from remote is inefficient. When tiered
> storage
> > > > is enabled users might prefer hardware with smaller disks and having
> to
> > > > copy the log segment to local disk again , especially incase of
> multiple
> > > > consumers on multiple topics triggering this might negatively affect
> the
> > > > available local storage.
> > > > What we proposed in the KIP doesn't affect the existing APIs and we
> didn't
> > > > call for any API changes.
> > > >
> > > > "And related to paging, does the proposal address what happens when a
> > > > broker
> > > > runs out of HDD space? Maybe we should have a way to configure a max
> number
> > > > of segments or bytes stored on each broker, after which older or
> > > > least-recently-used segments are kicked out, even if they aren't
> expired
> > > > per the retention policy? Otherwise, I suppose tiered storage
> requires some
> > > > babysitting to ensure that brokers don't run out of local storage,
> despite
> > > > having access to potentially unbounded cold storage."
> > > >
> > > > Existing Kafka behavior will not change with addition of tiered
> storage
> > > > and enabling it also will not change behavior.
> > > > Just like today it's up to the operator to make sure the HD space is
> > > > monitored and take necessary actions to mitigate that before it
> becomes
> > > > fatal failure for broker. We don't stop users to configure the
> retention
> > > > period to infinite and they can easily run out of the space.
> > > >
> > > > These are not the alternatives considered as they are not efficient
> copy
> > > > in out of local disk , hence the reason we didn't add to alternatives
> > > > considered :).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Harsha
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2019, at 7:51 AM, Ryanne Dolan wrote:
> > > > > Harsha, can you comment on this alternative approach: instead of
> fetching
> > > > > directly from remote storage via a new API, implement something
> like
> > > > > paging, where segments are paged-in and out of cold storage based
> on
> > > > access
> > > > > frequency/recency? For example, when a remote segment is accessed,
> it
> > > > could
> > > > > be first fetched to disk and then read from there. I suppose this
> would
> > > > > require less code changes, or at least less API changes.
> > > > >
> > > > > And related to paging, does the proposal address what happens when
> a
> > > > broker
> > > > > runs out of HDD space? Maybe we should have a way to configure a
> max
> > > > number
> > > > > of segments or bytes stored on each broker, after which older or
> > > > > least-recently-used segments are kicked out, even if they aren't
> expired
> > > > > per the retention policy? Otherwise, I suppose tiered storage
> requires
> > > > some
> > > > > babysitting to ensure that brokers don't run out of local storage,
> > > > despite
> > > > > having access to potentially unbounded cold storage.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just some things to add to Alternatives Considered :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Ryanne
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:21 AM Viktor Somogyi-Vass <
> > > > viktorsomo...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Harsha,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for the answer, makes sense.
> > > > > > In the meantime one edge case popped up in my mind but first let
> me
> > > > > > summarize what I understand if I interpret your KIP correctly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So basically whenever the leader RSM copies over a segment to the
> > > > remote
> > > > > > storage, the leader RLM will append an entry to its remote index
> files
> > > > with
> > > > > > the remote position. After this LogManager can delete the local
> > > > segment.
> > > > > > Parallel to this RLM followers are periodically scanning the
> remote
> > > > storage
> > > > > > for files and if they find a new one they update their indices.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now, will the consumer be able to consume a remote segment if:
> > > > > > - the remote segment is stored in the remote storage, BUT
> > > > > > - the leader broker failed right after this AND
> > > > > > - the follower which is to become a leader didn't scan yet for a
> new
> > > > > > segment?
> > > > > > Would this result in an OffsetOutOfRangeException or would the
> failover
> > > > > > halt the consume request until the new leader has the latest
> > > > information?
> > > > > > As a follow-up question, what are your experiences, does a
> failover in
> > > > a
> > > > > > broker causes bigger than usual churn in the consumers? (I'm
> thinking
> > > > about
> > > > > > the time required to rebuild remote index files.)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Viktor
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 8:49 PM Harsha <ka...@harsha.io> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Eno,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >       Thanks for the comments. Answers are inline
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Performance & durability
> > > > > > > ----------------------------------
> > > > > > > - would be good to have more discussion on performance
> implications
> > > > of
> > > > > > > tiering. Copying the data from the local storage to the remote
> > > > storage is
> > > > > > > going to be expensive in terms of network bandwidth and will
> affect
> > > > > > > foreground traffic to Kafka potentially reducing its
> throughput and
> > > > > > > latency."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Good point. We've run our local tests with 10GigE cards, even
> though
> > > > our
> > > > > > > clients bandwidth requirements are high with 1000s of clients
> > > > producing /
> > > > > > > consuming data we never hit hit our limits on network
> bandwidth. More
> > > > > > often
> > > > > > > we hit limits of CPU, Mem limits than the network bandwidth.
> But
> > > > this is
> > > > > > > something to be taken care of by the operator if they want to
> enable
> > > > > > tiered
> > > > > > > storage.
> > > > > > > Also as mentioned in the KIP/previous threads ,clients
> requesting
> > > > older
> > > > > > > data is very rare and often used as insurance policy . What
> proposed
> > > > here
> > > > > > > does increase bandwidth interms of shipping logsegments to
> remote but
> > > > > > > access patterns determines how much we end up reading from
> remote
> > > > tier.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "- throttling the copying of the data above might be a
> solution,
> > > > however,
> > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > you have a few TB of data to move to the slower remote tier
> the risk
> > > > is
> > > > > > > that the movement will never complete on time under high Kafka
> load.
> > > > Do
> > > > > > we
> > > > > > > need a scheduler to use idle time to do the copying?"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In our design, we are going to have scheduler in RLM which will
> > > > > > > periodically copy in-active(rolled-over) log segments.
> > > > > > > Not sure idle time is easy to calculate and schedule a copy.
> More
> > > > over we
> > > > > > > want to copy the segments as soon as they are available.
> > > > > > > Throttling something we can take into account and provide
> options to
> > > > tune
> > > > > > > it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "- Have you considered having two options: 1) a slow tier only
> > > > (e.g., all
> > > > > > > the data on HDFS) and 2) a fast tier only like Kafka today.
> This
> > > > would
> > > > > > > avoid copying data between the tiers. Customers that can
> tolerate a
> > > > > > slower
> > > > > > > tier with a better price/GB can just choose option (1). Would
> be
> > > > good to
> > > > > > > put in Alternatives considered."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  What we want to have is Kafka that is known to the users
> today with
> > > > > > local
> > > > > > > fast disk access and fast data serving layer.  Tiered Storage
> option
> > > > > > might
> > > > > > > not be for everyone and most users who are happy with Kafka
> today
> > > > > > shouldn't
> > > > > > > see changes to their operation because of this KIP.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Fundamentally, we believe remote tiered storage data accessed
> very
> > > > > > > infrequently. We expect anyone going to read from remote tiered
> > > > storage
> > > > > > > expects a slower read response (mostly backfills).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Making an explicit change like slow/fast tier will only cause
> more
> > > > > > > confusion and operation complexity that will bring into play.
> With
> > > > tiered
> > > > > > > storage , only users who want to use cheaper long-term storage
> can
> > > > enable
> > > > > > > it and others can operate the Kafka as its today.  It will
> give a
> > > > good
> > > > > > > balance of serving latest reads from local disk almost all the
> time
> > > > and
> > > > > > > shipping older data and reading from remote tier when clients
> needs
> > > > the
> > > > > > > older data. If necessary, we can re-visit slow/fast-tier
> options at a
> > > > > > later
> > > > > > > point.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Topic configs
> > > > > > > ------------------
> > > > > > > - related to performance but also availability, we need to
> discuss
> > > > the
> > > > > > > replication mode for the remote tier. For example, if the Kafka
> > > > topics
> > > > > > used
> > > > > > > to have 3-way replication, will they continue to have 3-way
> > > > replication
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > > the remote tier? Will the user configure that replication? In
> S3 for
> > > > > > > example, one can choose from different S3 tiers like STD or
> SIA, but
> > > > > > there
> > > > > > > is no direct control over the replication factor like in
> Kafka."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > No. Remote tier is expected to be reliable storage with its own
> > > > > > > replication mechanisms.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > " how will security and ACLs be configured for the remote tier.
> > > > E.g., if
> > > > > > > user A does not have access to a Kafka topic, when that topic
> is
> > > > moved to
> > > > > > > S3 or HDFS there needs to be a way to prevent access to the S3
> > > > bucket for
> > > > > > > that user. This might be outside the scope of this KIP but
> would be
> > > > good
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > discuss first."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > As mentioned in the KIP "Alternatives" section  We will keep
> the
> > > > Kafka as
> > > > > > > the owner of those files in S3 or HDFS and take advantage of
> HDFS
> > > > > > security
> > > > > > > model (file system permissions). So any user who wants to go
> > > > directly and
> > > > > > > access files from HDFS will not be able to read them and any
> client
> > > > > > > requests will go through Kafka and its ACLs will apply like it
> does
> > > > for
> > > > > > any
> > > > > > > other request.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Ron,
> > > > > > >          Thanks for the comments.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > " I'm excited about this potential feature.  Did you consider
> > > > > > > storing the information about the remote segments in a Kafka
> topic as
> > > > > > > opposed to in the remote storage itself?  The topic would need
> > > > infinite
> > > > > > > retention (or it would need to be compacted) so as not to
> itself be
> > > > sent
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > cold storage, but assuming that topic would fit on local disk
> for all
> > > > > > time
> > > > > > > (an open question as to whether this is acceptable or not) it
> feels
> > > > like
> > > > > > > the most natural way to communicate information among brokers
> -- more
> > > > > > > natural than having them poll the remote storage systems, at
> least."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > With RemoteIndex we are extending the current index mechanism
> to
> > > > find a
> > > > > > > offset and its message to find a file in remote storage for a
> givent
> > > > > > > offset. This will be optimal way finding for a given offset
> which
> > > > remote
> > > > > > > segment might be serving compare to storing all of this data
> into
> > > > > > internal
> > > > > > > topic.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "To add to Eric's question/confusion about where logic lives
> (RLM vs.
> > > > > > RSM),
> > > > > > > I think it would be helpful to explicitly identify in the KIP
> that
> > > > the
> > > > > > RLM
> > > > > > > delegates to the RSM since the RSM is part of the public API
> and is
> > > > the
> > > > > > > pluggable piece.  For example, instead of saying "RLM will
> ship the
> > > > log
> > > > > > > segment files that are older than a configurable time to remote
> > > > storage"
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > > think it would be better to say "RLM identifies log segment
> files
> > > > that
> > > > > > are
> > > > > > > older than a configurable time and delegates to the configured
> RSM to
> > > > > > ship
> > > > > > > them to remote storage" (or something like that -- just make
> it clear
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > > the RLM is delegating to the configured RSM)."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks. I agree with you. I'll update the KIP.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Ambud,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks for the comments.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "1. Wouldn't implicit checking for old offsets in remote
> location if
> > > > not
> > > > > > > found locally on the leader i.e. do we really need remote index
> > > > files?
> > > > > > > Since the storage path for a given topic would presumably be
> constant
> > > > > > > across all the brokers, the remote topic-partition path could
> simply
> > > > be
> > > > > > > checked to see if there are any segment file names that would
> meet
> > > > the
> > > > > > > offset requirements for a Consumer Fetch Request. RSM
> implementations
> > > > > > could
> > > > > > > optionally cache this information."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > By storing the remote index files locally , it will be faster
> for us
> > > > to
> > > > > > > determine for a requested offset which file might contain the
> data.
> > > > This
> > > > > > > will help us resolve the remote file quickly and return the
> response.
> > > > > > > Instead of making a call to remote tier for index look up.
> Given
> > > > index
> > > > > > > files are smaller , it won't be much hit to the storage space.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "2. Would it make sense to create an internal compacted Kafka
> topic
> > > > to
> > > > > > > publish & record remote segment information? This would enable
> the
> > > > > > > followers to get updates about new segments rather than running
> > > > list()
> > > > > > > operations on remote storage to detect new segments which may
> be
> > > > > > > expensive."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think Ron also alluding to this. We thought shipping remote
> index
> > > > files
> > > > > > > to remote storage files and let the follower's RLM picking
> that up
> > > > makes
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > easy to have the current replication protocol without any
> changes.
> > > > So we
> > > > > > > don't determine if a follower is in ISR or not based on another
> > > > topic's
> > > > > > > replication.  We will run small tests and determine if use of
> topic
> > > > is
> > > > > > > better for this. Thanks for the suggestion.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3. For RLM to scan local segment rotations are you thinking of
> > > > leveraging
> > > > > > > java.nio.file.WatchService or simply running listFiles() on a
> > > > periodic
> > > > > > > basis? Since WatchService implementation is heavily OS
> dependent it
> > > > might
> > > > > > > create some complications around missing FS Events.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ideally we want to introduce file events like you suggested.
> For POC
> > > > work
> > > > > > > we are using just listFiles(). Also copying these files to
> remote
> > > > can be
> > > > > > > slower and we will not delete the files from local disk until
> the
> > > > segment
> > > > > > > is copied and any requests to the data in these files will be
> served
> > > > from
> > > > > > > local disk. So I don't think we need to be aggressive and
> optimize
> > > > the
> > > > > > this
> > > > > > > copy segment to remote path.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Viktor,
> > > > > > >          Thanks for the comments.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "I have a rather technical question to this. How do you plan to
> > > > package
> > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > extension? Does this mean that Kafka will depend on HDFS?
> > > > > > > I think it'd be nice to somehow separate this off to a
> different
> > > > package
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > > the project so that it could be built and released separately
> from
> > > > the
> > > > > > main
> > > > > > > Kafka packages."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We would like all of this code to be part of Apache Kafka . In
> early
> > > > days
> > > > > > > of Kafka, there is external module which used to contain kafka
> to
> > > > hdfs
> > > > > > copy
> > > > > > > tools and dependencies.  We would like to have RLM (class
> > > > implementation)
> > > > > > > and RSM(interface) to be in core and as you suggested,
> > > > implementation of
> > > > > > > RSM could be in another package so that the dependencies of
> RSM won't
> > > > > > come
> > > > > > > into Kafka's classpath unless someone explicity configures
> them.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Harsha
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019, at 1:02 AM, Viktor Somogyi-Vass wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hey Harsha,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I have a rather technical question to this. How do you plan
> to
> > > > package
> > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > extension? Does this mean that Kafka will depend on HDFS?
> > > > > > > > I think it'd be nice to somehow separate this off to a
> different
> > > > > > package
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > the project so that it could be built and released
> separately from
> > > > the
> > > > > > > main
> > > > > > > > Kafka packages.
> > > > > > > > This decoupling would be useful when direct dependency on
> HDFS (or
> > > > > > other
> > > > > > > > implementations) is not needed and would also encourage
> decoupling
> > > > for
> > > > > > > > other storage implementations.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > > Viktor
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 3:44 AM Ambud Sharma <
> > > > asharma52...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi Harsha,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thank you for proposing this KIP. We are looking forward
> to this
> > > > > > > feature as
> > > > > > > > > well.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > A few questions around the design & implementation:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 1. Wouldn't implicit checking for old offsets in remote
> location
> > > > if
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > > found locally on the leader i.e. do we really need remote
> index
> > > > > > files?
> > > > > > > > > Since the storage path for a given topic would presumably
> be
> > > > constant
> > > > > > > > > across all the brokers, the remote topic-partition path
> could
> > > > simply
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > checked to see if there are any segment file names that
> would
> > > > meet
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > offset requirements for a Consumer Fetch Request. RSM
> > > > implementations
> > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > optionally cache this information.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 2. Would it make sense to create an internal compacted
> Kafka
> > > > topic to
> > > > > > > > > publish & record remote segment information? This would
> enable
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > > followers to get updates about new segments rather than
> running
> > > > > > list()
> > > > > > > > > operations on remote storage to detect new segments which
> may be
> > > > > > > expensive.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 3. For RLM to scan local segment rotations are you
> thinking of
> > > > > > > leveraging
> > > > > > > > > java.nio.file.WatchService or simply running listFiles()
> on a
> > > > > > periodic
> > > > > > > > > basis? Since WatchService implementation is heavily OS
> dependent
> > > > it
> > > > > > > might
> > > > > > > > > create some complications around missing FS Events.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > > > > Ambud
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 8:04 AM Ron Dagostino <
> rndg...@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hi Harsha.  I'm excited about this potential feature.
> Did you
> > > > > > > consider
> > > > > > > > > > storing the information about the remote segments in a
> Kafka
> > > > topic
> > > > > > as
> > > > > > > > > > opposed to in the remote storage itself?  The topic
> would need
> > > > > > > infinite
> > > > > > > > > > retention (or it would need to be compacted) so as not to
> > > > itself be
> > > > > > > sent
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > cold storage, but assuming that topic would fit on local
> disk
> > > > for
> > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > time
> > > > > > > > > > (an open question as to whether this is acceptable or
> not) it
> > > > feels
> > > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > the most natural way to communicate information among
> brokers
> > > > --
> > > > > > more
> > > > > > > > > > natural than having them poll the remote storage
> systems, at
> > > > least.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > To add to Eric's question/confusion about where logic
> lives
> > > > (RLM
> > > > > > vs.
> > > > > > > > > RSM),
> > > > > > > > > > I think it would be helpful to explicitly identify in
> the KIP
> > > > that
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > RLM
> > > > > > > > > > delegates to the RSM since the RSM is part of the public
> API
> > > > and is
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > pluggable piece.  For example, instead of saying "RLM
> will
> > > > ship the
> > > > > > > log
> > > > > > > > > > segment files that are older than a configurable time to
> remote
> > > > > > > storage"
> > > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > > think it would be better to say "RLM identifies log
> segment
> > > > files
> > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > older than a configurable time and delegates to the
> configured
> > > > RSM
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > ship
> > > > > > > > > > them to remote storage" (or something like that -- just
> make it
> > > > > > clear
> > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > the RLM is delegating to the configured RSM).
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Ron
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 6:12 AM Eno Thereska <
> > > > > > eno.there...@gmail.com
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Harsha,
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > A couple of comments:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Performance & durability
> > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > - would be good to have more discussion on performance
> > > > > > > implications of
> > > > > > > > > > > tiering. Copying the data from the local storage to the
> > > > remote
> > > > > > > storage
> > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > going to be expensive in terms of network bandwidth
> and will
> > > > > > affect
> > > > > > > > > > > foreground traffic to Kafka potentially reducing its
> > > > throughput
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > latency.
> > > > > > > > > > > - throttling the copying of the data above might be a
> > > > solution,
> > > > > > > however
> > > > > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > > > > you have a few TB of data to move to the slower remote
> tier
> > > > the
> > > > > > > risk is
> > > > > > > > > > > that the movement will never complete on time under
> high
> > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > load. Do
> > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > need a scheduler to use idle time to do the copying?
> > > > > > > > > > > - Have you considered having two options: 1) a slow
> tier only
> > > > > > > (e.g.,
> > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > > > the data on HDFS) and 2) a fast tier only like Kafka
> today.
> > > > This
> > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > avoid copying data between the tiers. Customers that
> can
> > > > > > tolerate a
> > > > > > > > > > slower
> > > > > > > > > > > tier with a better price/GB can just choose option (1).
> > > > Would be
> > > > > > > good
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > put in Alternatives considered.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Topic configs
> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > - related to performance but also availability, we
> need to
> > > > > > discuss
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > replication mode for the remote tier. For example, if
> the
> > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > topics
> > > > > > > > > > used
> > > > > > > > > > > to have 3-way replication, will they continue to have
> 3-way
> > > > > > > replication
> > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > > the remote tier? Will the user configure that
> replication?
> > > > In S3
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > example, one can choose from different S3 tiers like
> STD or
> > > > SIA,
> > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > there
> > > > > > > > > > > is no direct control over the replication factor like
> in
> > > > Kafka.
> > > > > > > > > > > - how will security and ACLs be configured for the
> remote
> > > > tier.
> > > > > > > E.g.,
> > > > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > > > > user A does not have access to a Kafka topic, when that
> > > > topic is
> > > > > > > moved
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > S3 or HDFS there needs to be a way to prevent access
> to the
> > > > S3
> > > > > > > bucket
> > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > that user. This might be outside the scope of this KIP
> but
> > > > would
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > good
> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > discuss first.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > That's it for now, thanks
> > > > > > > > > > > Eno
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 4:40 PM Harsha <
> ka...@harsha.io>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > > > > > > >            Thanks for your initial feedback. We
> updated the
> > > > > > KIP.
> > > > > > > > > Please
> > > > > > > > > > > > take a look and let us know if you have any
> questions.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-405%3A+Kafka+Tiered+Storage
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > Harsha
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019, at 10:30 AM, Harsha wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Eno, Adam & Satish for you review and
> questions.
> > > > I'll
> > > > > > > > > address
> > > > > > > > > > > > > these in KIP and update the thread here.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Harsha
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019, at 7:09 AM, Satish Duggana
> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Harsha for the KIP. It is a good start
> for
> > > > tiered
> > > > > > > storage
> > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kafka. I have a few comments/questions.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > It may be good to have a configuration to keep
> the
> > > > number
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > local
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > segments instead of keeping only the active
> segment.
> > > > This
> > > > > > > config
> > > > > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > be exposed at cluster and topic levels with
> default
> > > > value
> > > > > > as
> > > > > > > 1.
> > > > > > > > > In
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > some use cases, few consumers may lag over one
> > > > segment, it
> > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > better to serve from local storage instead of
> remote
> > > > > > storage.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > It may be better to keep
> “remote.log.storage.enable”
> > > > and
> > > > > > > > > respective
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > configuration at topic level along with cluster
> level.
> > > > It
> > > > > > > will be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > helpful in environments where few topics are
> configured
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > local-storage and other topics are configured
> with
> > > > remote
> > > > > > > > > storage.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Each topic-partition leader pushes its log
> segments
> > > > with
> > > > > > > > > respective
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > index files to remote whenever active log rolls
> over,
> > > > it
> > > > > > > updates
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > remote log index file for the respective remote
> log
> > > > > > segment.
> > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > second option is to add offset index files also
> for
> > > > each
> > > > > > > segment.
> > > > > > > > > > It
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > can serve consumer fetch requests for old
> segments from
> > > > > > > local log
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > segment instead of serving directly from the
> remote log
> > > > > > > which may
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > cause high latencies. There can be different
> > > > strategies in
> > > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > remote segment is copied to a local segment.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is “
> remote.log.manager.scheduler.interval.ms”
> > > > config
> > > > > > > about?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > How do followers sync RemoteLogSegmentIndex
> files? Do
> > > > they
> > > > > > > > > request
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > from leader replica? This looks to be important
> as the
> > > > > > failed
> > > > > > > > > over
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > leader should have RemoteLogSegmentIndex updated
> and
> > > > ready
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > avoid
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > high latencies in serving old data stored in
> remote
> > > > logs.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Satish.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 10:42 PM Ryanne Dolan <
> > > > > > > > > > ryannedo...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Harsha, makes sense.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ryanne
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 5:53 PM Harsha
> Chintalapani <
> > > > > > > > > > > ka...@harsha.io>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I think you are saying that this enables
> > > > additional
> > > > > > > > > > (potentially
> > > > > > > > > > > > cheaper)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > storage options without *requiring* an
> existing ETL
> > > > > > > > > pipeline. “
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > " But it's not really a replacement for the
> sort of
> > > > > > > pipelines
> > > > > > > > > > > > people build
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with Connect, Gobblin etc.”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is not. But also making an assumption that
> > > > everyone
> > > > > > > runs
> > > > > > > > > > these
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pipelines for storing raw Kafka data into
> HDFS or
> > > > S3 is
> > > > > > > also
> > > > > > > > > > > wrong
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  assumption.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The aim of this KIP is to provide tiered
> storage as
> > > > > > whole
> > > > > > > > > > package
> > > > > > > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > asking users to ship the data on their own
> using
> > > > > > existing
> > > > > > > > > ETL,
> > > > > > > > > > > > which means
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > running a consumer and maintaining those
> pipelines.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > " My point was that, if you are already
> offloading
> > > > > > > records in
> > > > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > > > > > ETL
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pipeline, why do you need a new pipeline
> built
> > > > into the
> > > > > > > > > broker
> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > ship the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > same data to the same place?”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As you said its ETL pipeline, which means
> users of
> > > > > > these
> > > > > > > > > > > pipelines
> > > > > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reading the data from broker and
> transforming its
> > > > state
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > storing it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > somewhere.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The point of this KIP is store log segments
> as it
> > > > is
> > > > > > > without
> > > > > > > > > > > > changing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > their structure so that we can use the
> existing
> > > > offset
> > > > > > > > > > mechanisms
> > > > > > > > > > > > to look
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it up when the consumer needs to read old
> data.
> > > > When
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > > do
> > > > > > > > > > load
> > > > > > > > > > > > it via
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > your existing pipelines you are reading the
> topic
> > > > as a
> > > > > > > whole
> > > > > > > > > ,
> > > > > > > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn’t guarantee that you’ll produce this
> data
> > > > back
> > > > > > into
> > > > > > > > > HDFS
> > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > S3 in the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > same order and who is going to generate the
> Index
> > > > files
> > > > > > > > > again.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "So you'd end up with one of 1)cold segments
> are
> > > > only
> > > > > > > useful
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > Kafka; 2)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you have the same data written to HDFS/etc
> twice,
> > > > once
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > > > > > > and once
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for everything else, in two separate formats”
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are talking two different use cases. If
> > > > someone is
> > > > > > > > > storing
> > > > > > > > > > > raw
> > > > > > > > > > > > data
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > out of Kafka for long term access.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > By storing the data as it is in HDFS though
> Kafka
> > > > will
> > > > > > > solve
> > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > issue.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They do not need to run another pipe-line to
> ship
> > > > these
> > > > > > > logs.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If they are running pipelines to store in
> HDFS in a
> > > > > > > different
> > > > > > > > > > > > format,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thats a different use case. May be they are
> > > > > > transforming
> > > > > > > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > > > > > > logs to ORC
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > so that they can query through Hive.  Once
> you
> > > > > > transform
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > log
> > > > > > > > > > > > segment it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > does loose its ability to use the existing
> offset
> > > > > > index.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Main objective here not to change the
> existing
> > > > protocol
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > still
> > > > > > > > > > > > be able
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to write and read logs from remote storage.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Harsha
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 4, 2019, 2:53 PM -0800, Ryanne Dolan <
> > > > > > > > > > > ryannedo...@gmail.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > >,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Harsha, makes sense for the most
> part.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tiered storage is to get away from this
> and
> > > > make
> > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > transparent to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > user
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think you are saying that this enables
> > > > additional
> > > > > > > > > > > (potentially
> > > > > > > > > > > > cheaper)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > storage options without *requiring* an
> existing
> > > > ETL
> > > > > > > > > pipeline.
> > > > > > > > > > > > But it's
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > really a replacement for the sort of
> pipelines
> > > > people
> > > > > > > build
> > > > > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > > > > > Connect,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gobblin etc. My point was that, if you are
> > > > already
> > > > > > > > > offloading
> > > > > > > > > > > > records in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ETL pipeline, why do you need a new
> pipeline
> > > > built
> > > > > > > into the
> > > > > > > > > > > > broker to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ship
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the same data to the same place? I think
> in most
> > > > > > cases
> > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > be an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > additional pipeline, not a replacement,
> because
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > > segments
> > > > > > > > > > > > written to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cold storage won't be useful outside
> Kafka. So
> > > > you'd
> > > > > > > end up
> > > > > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > > > > > one of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cold segments are only useful to Kafka; 2)
> you
> > > > have
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > > > > > data written
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to HDFS/etc twice, once for Kafka and once
> for
> > > > > > > everything
> > > > > > > > > > else,
> > > > > > > > > > > > in two
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > separate formats; 3) you use your existing
> ETL
> > > > > > > pipeline and
> > > > > > > > > > > read
> > > > > > > > > > > > cold
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > data
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > directly.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To me, an ideal solution would let me spool
> > > > segments
> > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > > > > > > to any
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sink
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like, and then let Kafka clients
> > > > seamlessly
> > > > > > > access
> > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > cold
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > data.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Today I can do that in the client, but
> ideally
> > > > the
> > > > > > > broker
> > > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > > do it for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > me via some HDFS/Hive/S3 plugin. The KIP
> seems to
> > > > > > > > > accomplish
> > > > > > > > > > > > that -- just
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > without leveraging anything I've currently
> got in
> > > > > > > place.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ryanne
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 3:34 PM Harsha <
> > > > > > ka...@harsha.io
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Eric,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your questions. Answers are
> in-line
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The high-level design seems to indicate
> that
> > > > all
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > logic
> > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > how to copy log segments to remote
> storage
> > > > lives in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > RLM
> > > > > > > > > > > > class. The
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > default implementation is then HDFS
> specific
> > > > with
> > > > > > > > > > additional
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > implementations being left to the
> community.
> > > > This
> > > > > > > seems
> > > > > > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > > > it would
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > require anyone implementing a new RLM to
> also
> > > > > > > > > re-implement
> > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > logic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when to ship data to remote storage."
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > RLM will be responsible for shipping log
> > > > segments
> > > > > > > and it
> > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > decide
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a log segment is ready to be shipped
> over.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Once a Log Segement(s) are identified as
> rolled
> > > > > > > over, RLM
> > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > delegate
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this responsibility to a pluggable remote
> > > > storage
> > > > > > > > > > > > implementation.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Users who
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are looking add their own implementation
> to
> > > > enable
> > > > > > > other
> > > > > > > > > > > > storages all
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > need to do is to implement the copy and
> read
> > > > > > > mechanisms
> > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > not to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > re-implement RLM itself.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Would it not be better for the Remote
> Log
> > > > Manager
> > > > > > > > > > > > implementation to be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > non-configurable, and instead have an
> > > > interface for
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > remote
> > > > > > > > > > > > storage
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > layer? That way the "when" of the logic
> is
> > > > > > consistent
> > > > > > > > > > across
> > > > > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > implementations and it's only a matter of
> > > > "how,"
> > > > > > > similar
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > how the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Streams
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > StateStores are managed."
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's possible that we can RLM
> > > > non-configurable. But
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > initial
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > release and to keep the backward
> compatibility
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we want to make this configurable and
> for any
> > > > users
> > > > > > > who
> > > > > > > > > > might
> > > > > > > > > > > > not be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interested in having the LogSegments
> shipped to
> > > > > > > remote,
> > > > > > > > > > they
> > > > > > > > > > > > don't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > need to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > worry about this.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Ryanne,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your questions.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "How could this be used to leverage fast
> > > > key-value
> > > > > > > > > stores,
> > > > > > > > > > > e.g.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Couchbase,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which can serve individual records but
> maybe
> > > > not
> > > > > > > entire
> > > > > > > > > > > > segments? Or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > idea to only support writing and fetching
> > > > entire
> > > > > > > > > segments?
> > > > > > > > > > > > Would it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > make
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sense to support both?"
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LogSegment once its rolled over are
> immutable
> > > > > > > objects and
> > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > want to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > keep
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the current structure of LogSegments and
> > > > > > > corresponding
> > > > > > > > > > Index
> > > > > > > > > > > > files. It
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > be easy to copy the whole segment as it
> is,
> > > > instead
> > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > re-reading each
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > file
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and use a key/value store.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Instead of defining a new interface
> and/or
> > > > > > > mechanism to
> > > > > > > > > > ETL
> > > > > > > > > > > > segment
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > files
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > from brokers to cold storage, can we just
> > > > leverage
> > > > > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > > > > > > itself? In
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > particular, we can already ETL records
> to HDFS
> > > > via
> > > > > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > > > > > > Connect,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gobblin
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > etc -- we really just need a way for
> brokers to
> > > > > > read
> > > > > > > > > these
> > > > > > > > > > > > records
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > back.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering whether the new API could
> be
> > > > limited
> > > > > > > to the
> > > > > > > > > > > > fetch, and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > existing ETL pipelines could be more
> easily
> > > > > > > leveraged.
> > > > > > > > > For
> > > > > > > > > > > > example, if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > already have an ETL pipeline from Kafka
> to
> > > > HDFS,
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > > > leave that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > place and just tell Kafka how to read
> these
> > > > > > > > > > records/segments
> > > > > > > > > > > > from cold
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > storage when necessary."
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is pretty much what everyone does
> and it
> > > > has
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > additional
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > overhead
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of keeping these pipelines operating and
> > > > > > monitoring.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What's proposed in the KIP is not ETL.
> It's
> > > > just
> > > > > > > looking
> > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > logs
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are written and rolled over to copy the
> file
> > > > as it
> > > > > > > is.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Each new topic needs to be added (sure
> we can
> > > > do so
> > > > > > > via
> > > > > > > > > > > > wildcard or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > another mechanism) but new topics need
> to be
> > > > > > onboard
> > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > ship
> > > > > > > > > > > > the data
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > into
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > remote storage through a traditional ETL
> > > > pipeline.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Once the data lands somewhere like
> HDFS/HIVE
> > > > etc..
> > > > > > > Users
> > > > > > > > > > need
> > > > > > > > > > > > to write
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > another processing line to re-process
> this data
> > > > > > > similar
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > how
> > > > > > > > > > > > they are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doing it in their Stream processing
> pipelines.
> > > > > > Tiered
> > > > > > > > > > storage
> > > > > > > > > > > > is to get
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > away from this and make this transparent
> to the
> > > > > > user.
> > > > > > > > > They
> > > > > > > > > > > > don't need
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > run another ETL process to ship the logs.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I'm wondering if we could just add
> support for
> > > > > > > loading
> > > > > > > > > > > > segments from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > remote URIs instead of from file, i.e.
> via
> > > > plugins
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > s3://,
> > > > > > > > > > > > hdfs://
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > etc.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I suspect less broker logic would change
> in
> > > > that
> > > > > > > case --
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > broker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wouldn't necessarily care if it reads
> from
> > > > file://
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > > s3://
> > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > load a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > given
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > segment."
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, this is what we are discussing in
> KIP. We
> > > > are
> > > > > > > > > leaving
> > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > details
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > loading segments to RLM read part
> instead of
> > > > > > directly
> > > > > > > > > > > exposing
> > > > > > > > > > > > this in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Broker. This way we can keep the current
> Kafka
> > > > code
> > > > > > > as it
> > > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > > without
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > changing the assumptions around the local
> > > > disk. Let
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > RLM
> > > > > > > > > > > > handle the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > remote storage part.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Harsha
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, at 12:54 PM, Ryanne
> Dolan
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Harsha, Sriharsha, Suresh, a couple
> thoughts:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - How could this be used to leverage
> fast
> > > > > > key-value
> > > > > > > > > > stores,
> > > > > > > > > > > > e.g.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Couchbase,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which can serve individual records but
> maybe
> > > > not
> > > > > > > entire
> > > > > > > > > > > > segments? Or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > idea to only support writing and
> fetching
> > > > entire
> > > > > > > > > > segments?
> > > > > > > > > > > > Would it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > make
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sense to support both?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Instead of defining a new interface
> and/or
> > > > > > > mechanism
> > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > ETL segment
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > files
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > from brokers to cold storage, can we
> just
> > > > > > leverage
> > > > > > > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > > > > > > itself? In
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > particular, we can already ETL records
> to
> > > > HDFS
> > > > > > via
> > > > > > > > > Kafka
> > > > > > > > > > > > Connect,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gobblin
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > etc -- we really just need a way for
> brokers
> > > > to
> > > > > > > read
> > > > > > > > > > these
> > > > > > > > > > > > records
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > back.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering whether the new API
> could be
> > > > > > limited
> > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > fetch, and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > existing ETL pipelines could be more
> easily
> > > > > > > leveraged.
> > > > > > > > > > For
> > > > > > > > > > > > example,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > already have an ETL pipeline from
> Kafka to
> > > > HDFS,
> > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > > > leave
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > place and just tell Kafka how to read
> these
> > > > > > > > > > > records/segments
> > > > > > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cold
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > storage when necessary.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - I'm wondering if we could just add
> support
> > > > for
> > > > > > > > > loading
> > > > > > > > > > > > segments
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > remote URIs instead of from file, i.e.
> via
> > > > > > plugins
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > s3://, hdfs://
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > etc.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I suspect less broker logic would
> change in
> > > > that
> > > > > > > case
> > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > broker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wouldn't necessarily care if it reads
> from
> > > > > > file://
> > > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > > > s3://
> > > > > > > > > > > > to load a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > given
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > segment.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Combining the previous two comments, I
> can
> > > > > > imagine
> > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > URI
> > > > > > > > > > > > resolution
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chain
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for segments. For example, first try
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > file:///logs/{topic}/{segment}.log,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > then
> > > > s3://mybucket/{topic}/{date}/{segment}.log,
> > > > > > > etc,
> > > > > > > > > > > > leveraging your
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > existing ETL pipeline(s).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ryanne
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 12:01 PM Harsha
> <
> > > > > > > > > ka...@harsha.io>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are interested in adding tiered
> storage
> > > > to
> > > > > > > Kafka.
> > > > > > > > > > More
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > details
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about motivation and design are in
> the
> > > > KIP. We
> > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > working
> > > > > > > > > > > > towards
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > initial POC. Any feedback or
> questions on
> > > > this
> > > > > > > KIP
> > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > welcome.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Harsha
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
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