tombentley commented on a change in pull request #10227: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/10227#discussion_r585374505
########## File path: KIP-500.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +KIP-500 Early Access Release +============================ + +# Introduction +It is now possible to run Apache Kafka without Apache ZooKeeper! We call this mode [self-managed mode](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-500%3A+Replace+ZooKeeper+with+a+Self-Managed+Metadata+Quorum). It is currently *EARLY ACCESS AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION*, but it is available for testing in the Kafka 2.8 release. + +When the Kafka cluster is in self-managed mode, it does not store its metadata in ZooKeeper. In fact, you do not have to run ZooKeeper at all, because it stores its metadata in a Raft quorum of controller nodes. + +Self-managed mode has many benefits-- some obvious, and some not so obvious. Clearly, it is nice to manage and configure one service rather than two services. In addition, you can now run a single process Kafka cluster. Most important of all, self-managed mode is more scalable. We expect to be able to [support many more topics and partitions](https://www.confluent.io/kafka-summit-san-francisco-2019/kafka-needs-no-keeper/) in this mode. Review comment: ```suggestion Self-managed mode has many benefits -- some obvious, and some not so obvious. Clearly, it is nice to manage and configure one service rather than two services. In addition, you can now run a single process Kafka cluster. Most important of all, self-managed mode is more scalable. We expect to be able to [support many more topics and partitions](https://www.confluent.io/kafka-summit-san-francisco-2019/kafka-needs-no-keeper/) in this 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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
