Big +1 for your initiative and I have a question, we implement the Raft protocol just to be used in the management of metadata in Zookeeper or we will also use it to replace the current logical of managing log-replica since the algorithm we used to manage log-replica is analogous to Raft.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 7:45 AM Jason Gustafson <ja...@confluent.io> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd like to start a discussion on KIP-595: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-595%3A+A+Raft+Protocol+for+the+Metadata+Quorum > . > This proposal specifies a Raft protocol to ultimately replace Zookeeper as > documented in KIP-500. Please take a look and share your thoughts. > > A few minor notes to set the stage a little bit: > > - This KIP does not specify the structure of the messages used to represent > metadata in Kafka, nor does it specify the internal API that will be used > by the controller. Expect these to come in later proposals. Here we are > primarily concerned with the replication protocol and basic operational > mechanics. > - We expect many details to change as we get closer to integration with > the controller. Any changes we make will be made either as amendments to > this KIP or, in the case of larger changes, as new proposals. > - We have a prototype implementation which I will put online within the > next week which may help in understanding some details. It has diverged a > little bit from our proposal, so I am taking a little time to bring it in > line. I'll post an update to this thread when it is available for review. > > Finally, I want to mention that this proposal was drafted by myself, Boyang > Chen, and Guozhang Wang. > > Thanks, > Jason >
