In that case it’s really one cluster. Make sure to set different rack ids for each server room so kafka will ensure that the replicas always span both floors and you don’t loose availability of data if a server room goes down. You will have to configure one addition zookeeper node in each site which you will only ever startup if a site goes down because otherwise 2 of 4 zookeeper nodes is not a quorum.Again you would be better with 3 nodes because then you would only have to do this in the site that has the single active node.
-hans > On Mar 6, 2017, at 5:57 AM, Le Cyberian <lecyber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Hans, > > Thank you for your reply. > > Its basically two different server rooms on different floors and they are > connected with fiber connectivity so its almost like a local connection > between them no network latencies / lag. > > If i do a Mirror Maker / Replicator then i will not be able to use them at > the same time for writes./ producers. because the consumers / producers > will request from all of them > > BR, > > Lee > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Hans Jespersen <h...@confluent.io> wrote: > >> What do you mean when you say you have "2 sites not datacenters"? You >> should be very careful configuring a stretch cluster across multiple sites. >> What is the RTT between the two sites? Why do you think that MIrror Maker >> (or Confluent Replicator) would not work between the sites and yet you >> think a stretch cluster will work? That seems wrong. >> >> -hans >> >> /** >> * Hans Jespersen, Principal Systems Engineer, Confluent Inc. >> * h...@confluent.io (650)924-2670 >> */ >> >> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 5:37 AM, Le Cyberian <lecyber...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Guys, >>> >>> Thank you very much for you reply. >>> >>> The scenario which i have to implement is that i have 2 sites not >>> datacenters so mirror maker would not work here. >>> >>> There will be 4 nodes in total, like 2 in Site A and 2 in Site B. The >> idea >>> is to have Active-Active setup along with fault tolerance so that if one >> of >>> the site goes on the operations are normal. >>> >>> In this case if i go ahead with 4 node-cluster of both zookeeper and >> kafka >>> it will give failover tolerance for 1 node only. >>> >>> What do you suggest to do in this case ? because to divide between 2 >> sites >>> it needs to be even number if that makes sense ? Also if possible some >> help >>> regarding partitions for topic and replication factor. >>> >>> I already have Kafka running with quiet few topics having replication >>> factor 1 along with 1 default partition, is there a way to repartition / >>> increase partition of existing topics when i migrate to above setup ? I >>> think we can increase replication factor by Kafka rebalance tool. >>> >>> Thanks alot for your help and time looking into this. >>> >>> BR, >>> >>> Le >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Hans Jespersen <h...@confluent.io> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Jens, >>>> >>>> I think you are correct that a 4 node zookeeper ensemble can be made to >>>> work but it will be slightly less resilient than a 3 node ensemble >>> because >>>> it can only tolerate 1 failure (same as a 3 node ensemble) and the >>>> likelihood of node failures is higher because there is 1 more node that >>>> could fail. >>>> So it SHOULD be an odd number of zookeeper nodes (not MUST). >>>> >>>> -hans >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 6, 2017, at 12:20 AM, Jens Rantil <jens.ran...@tink.se> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Hans, >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Hans Jespersen <h...@confluent.io> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A 4 node zookeeper ensemble will not even work. It MUST be an odd >>> number >>>>>> of zookeeper nodes to start. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Are you sure about that? If Zookeer doesn't run with four nodes, that >>>> means >>>>> a running ensemble of three can't be live-migrated to other nodes >>>> (because >>>>> that's done by increasing the ensemble and then reducing it in the >> case >>>> of >>>>> 3-node ensembles). IIRC, you can run four Zookeeper nodes, but that >>> means >>>>> quorum will be three nodes, so there's no added benefit in terms of >>>>> availability since you can only loose one node just like with a three >>>> node >>>>> cluster. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Jens >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jens Rantil >>>>> Backend engineer >>>>> Tink AB >>>>> >>>>> Email: jens.ran...@tink.se >>>>> Phone: +46 708 84 18 32 >>>>> Web: www.tink.se >>>>> >>>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/#!/tink.se> Linkedin >>>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/2735919?trk=vsrp_ >>>> companies_res_photo&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1057023381369207406670% >>>> 2CVSRPtargetId%3A2735919%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary> >>>>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/tink> >>>> >>> >>
