We’ve created KIP-73: Replication Quotas The idea is to allow an admin to throttle moving replicas. Full details are here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-73+Replication+Quotas <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-73+Replication+Quotas> Please take a look and let us know your thoughts. Thanks B