Is there any update as to when the below documentation might be completed? Thanks Christian
On Apr 27, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Neha Narkhede <neha.narkh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Any chance we can get those operational details added? > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Operations#Operations-Zookeeper > > Certainly. I said I will do this, but then forgot about it. I will surely > get this in by next week. > > Regarding Kafka's zookeeper dependency, I guess its not very clear from our > design doc on what Kafka features you lose by not running zookeeper. > > If you choose to not run zookeeper, you will not be able to use the > auto-load balancing on the consumer side. Also, the producer side > zookeeper-based load balancing feature will be unusable. > > Let me see if I can update our design doc to make this clearer. > > Thanks, > Neha > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Christian Carollo <ccaro...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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 >>
