Hi All, I have created KIP-1023 to introduce follower fetch from tiered offset. This feature will be helpful in significantly reducing Kafka rebalance/rebuild times when the cluster is enabled with tiered storage.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1023%3A+Follower+fetch+from+tiered+offset Feedback and suggestions are welcome. Regards, Abhijeet.