cmccabe commented on code in PR #12642: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/12642#discussion_r971203144
########## docs/ops.html: ########## @@ -3180,6 +3180,119 @@ <h4 class="anchor-heading"><a id="zkops" class="anchor-link"></a><a href="#zkops <li>Don't overbuild the cluster: large clusters, especially in a write heavy usage pattern, means a lot of intracluster communication (quorums on the writes and subsequent cluster member updates), but don't underbuild it (and risk swamping the cluster). Having more servers adds to your read capacity.</li> </ul> Overall, we try to keep the ZooKeeper system as small as will handle the load (plus standard growth capacity planning) and as simple as possible. We try not to do anything fancy with the configuration or application layout as compared to the official release as well as keep it as self contained as possible. For these reasons, we tend to skip the OS packaged versions, since it has a tendency to try to put things in the OS standard hierarchy, which can be 'messy', for want of a better way to word it. + + <h3 class="anchor-heading"><a id="kraft" class="anchor-link"></a><a href="#kraft">6.10 KRaft</a></h3> + + <h4 class="anchor-heading"><a id="kraft_config" class="anchor-link"></a><a href="#kraft_config">Configuration</a></h4> + + <h5 class="anchor-heading"><a id="kraft_role" class="anchor-link"></a><a href="#kraft_role">Process Roles</a></h5> + + <p>In KRaft mode each Kafka server can be configured as a controller, as a broker or as both using the <code>process.roles<code> property. This property can have the following values:</p> + + <ul> + <li>If <code>process.roles</code> is set to <code>broker</code>, the server acts as a broker.</li> + <li>If <code>process.roles</code> is set to <code>controller</code>, the server acts as a controller.</li> + <li>If <code>process.roles</code> is set to <code>broker,controller</code>, the server acts as a broker and a controller.</li> + <li>If <code>process.roles</code> is not set at all, it is assumed to be in ZooKeeper mode.</li> + </ul> + + <p>Nodes that act as both brokers and controllers are referred to as "combined" nodes. Combined nodes are simpler to operate for simple use cases like a development environment. The key disadvantage is that the controller will be less isolated from the rest of the system. Combined mode is not recommended is critical deployment environments.</p> Review Comment: Maybe add an example of how operations are harder like "it is not possible to roll the controllers separately from the brokers when in combined mode" ? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: jira-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org