It seems this tool needs to be run from time to time. When a broker is restarted, the tool must be run to balance the load. My question is why this balancing is not built into the broker. So it will automatically run after a broker restarts and that will make operation easier.
Regards, Libo -----Original Message----- From: Joel Koshy [mailto:jjkosh...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 5:50 PM To: users@kafka.apache.org Subject: Re: cluster reboot and leader selection You can run the preferred replica leader election tool after the restarts (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Replication+tools)
