Hi Karl, Thanks for the KIP. I'm intrigued behind the motivation. Usually we see the number of replicas to be <= number of fault domains. I'm curious to know what's the motivation behind running with a higher replica count - as in what's the extra number of copies getting you?
Regards, Gaurav > On 5 Mar 2026, at 13:39, Karl Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I haven't had any replies on this so just bumping. > > I've got a patch that I've tested. > > Thanks > Karl > > > ________________________________ > From: Karl Sorensen <[email protected]> > Sent: 25 February 2026 11:27 > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [DISCUSS] KIP-1290: Rack-Aware Minimum In-Sync Replicas > > Hi, > > I'd like to start a discussion about KIP-1290 > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/ao48G > > This proposes adding a new config min.insync.racks to ensure producers write > to replicas spread across multiple racks. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > Thanks > Karl
