Good point - it was brought up some time ago, and there is a jira to track that feature: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-930
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Yu, Libo <libo...@citi.com> wrote: > 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)
