Re: Kafka advice for small startup

2016-02-15 Thread Sharninder
nc and stable before starting another broker means it can take a > couple days to complete an upgrade/change safely. > > Cheers > > Todd‎ > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the TELUS network. > Original Message > From: Kyle Mathews > Sent: Sunday, February 14,

Re: Kafka advice for small startup

2016-02-14 Thread Todd Snyder
@kafka.apache.org Subject: Kafka advice for small startup Hi I'm the technical co-founder of a startup in San Francisco and I've been investigating using Kafka for some time. I'm thinking about biting the bullet and integrating it soon into our system. My main concern is how m

Re: Kafka advice for small startup

2016-02-14 Thread philip.otoole
Just to be clear, Kafka is not something that needs babysitting. It just works (in the good way).  - http://www.philipotoole.com On Sunday, February 14, 2016 4:17 PM, "philip.oto...@yahoo.com.INVALID" wrote: I've built both large and small system

Re: Kafka advice for small startup

2016-02-14 Thread philip.otoole
I've built both large and small systems with Kafka. It's not difficult to set up, and works like a charm. It should be the least of your worries, in my experience. Philip  - http://www.philipotoole.com On Sunday, February 14, 2016 4:07 PM, Kyle Mathew

Kafka advice for small startup

2016-02-14 Thread Kyle Mathews
Hi I'm the technical co-founder of a startup in San Francisco and I've been investigating using Kafka for some time. I'm thinking about biting the bullet and integrating it soon into our system. My main concern is how much operational overhead it'll add. I'm the only engineer right now and am alre