Yes: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Migrating+from+0.7+to+0.8
Otis -- Performance Monitoring * Log Analytics * Search Analytics Solr & Elasticsearch Support * http://sematext.com/ On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Kane Kane <kane.ist...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to update from 0.8 on the fly (rolling upgrade)? > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Michael G. Noll > <mich...@michael-noll.com> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Many thanks to everyone involved in the release! > > > > Please let me share two comments: > > > > One, there's a typo on the Downloads page [1] for the text of the > > source download link: It incorrectly says "kafka-0.8.0-src.tgz" > > instead of "kafka-0.8.1-src.tgz". (the hyperlink target/href is > > correct though) > > > > Two, this release is the first time that the project provides binary > > downloads for Scala versions other than 2.8.0. Wouldn't it make sense > > to add a short note which of the binary versions (Scala 2.8.0, 2.8.2, > > 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.10) is the recommended version, and also why? > > > > Right now I assume that the 2.8.0 version is still recommended one > > (and still used in production at LinkedIn)? > > > > Again, many thanks for the release! > > Michael > > > > > > [1] http://kafka.apache.org/downloads.html > > > > > > On 12.03.2014 17:31, Joe Stein wrote: > >> The Apache Kafka community is pleased to announce the general > >> availability release of Apache Kafka 0.8.1. > >> > >> The 0.8.1 release introduces log compaction > >> http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#compaction and a move to > >> Gradle for builds. Other changes in this release: > >> https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/0.8.1/RELEASE_NOTES.html. > >> > >> Apache Kafka is high-throughput, publish-subscribe messaging system > >> rethought of as a distributed commit log. > >> > >> ** Fast => A single Kafka broker can handle hundreds of megabytes > >> of reads and writes per second from thousands of clients. > >> > >> ** Scalable => Kafka is designed to allow a single cluster to serve > >> as the central data backbone for a large organization. It can be > >> elastically and transparently expanded without downtime. Data > >> streams are partitioned and spread over a cluster of machines to > >> allow data streams larger than the capability of any single machine > >> and to allow clusters of co-ordinated consumers. > >> > >> ** Durable => Messages are persisted on disk and replicated within > >> the cluster to prevent data loss. Each broker can handle terabytes > >> of messages without performance impact. > >> > >> ** Distributed by Design => Kafka has a modern cluster-centric > >> design that offers strong durability and fault-tolerance > >> guarantees. > >> > >> You can download the release from: > >> http://kafka.apache.org/downloads.html > >> > >> We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to > >> report problems, and to get involved, visit the project website at > >> http://kafka.apache.org/ > >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAlMgzt8ACgkQeW5XuG18ujTXjwCffASY/Io5SVQc1H7lHfxFs0lK > > o0kAn1/0t0FQKKaoJNKcm1zhpZh7iT9W > > =ZhNm > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >