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Jun Rao commented on KAFKA-1778: -------------------------------- [~anigam], yes, you will need to configure multiple (e.g., 2 or 3) brokers eligible to be the controller in this approach. In this approach, the controller is guaranteed to be those eligible brokers. This seems a bit better for use case (b) since it allows one to completely isolate the controller from the other brokers that take produce/consumer load. In your proposal, the controller may still be on a non-preferred broker. > Create new re-elect controller admin function > --------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-1778 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1778 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Sub-task > Reporter: Joe Stein > Assignee: Abhishek Nigam > Fix For: 0.8.3 > > > kafka --controller --elect -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)