Thanks, Ed. I had seen that link. I am really looking for a clear outline/ set of rules as to when and why to use zookeeper and when and why not to.
Then if using it makes sense, it seems like there are some value known details about how to keep zookeeper happy that would be great to have documented. Christian On Apr 27, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Edward Smith <esm...@stardotstar.org> wrote: > Christian, > > I'm new to Kafka, too. The page linked below describes how ZK is > typically used with Kafka, although it is my impression that you don't > have to use ZK if you don't want to. Not using it is also described > briefly in the design. > > http://incubator.apache.org/kafka/design.html > > Ed > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Christian Carollo <ccaro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is it possible to get a broad overview of what Zookeeper provides kafka? >> Why it is used with Kafka? >> >> Also in the Wiki > Operations, there is a Zookeeper section but it really >> just says that it needs to be filled in. >> Any chance we can get those operational details added? >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Operations#Operations-Zookeeper >> >> Thanks, >> Christian
