This sounds like a square peg in a round hole sort of solution. That said, you might want to look at the work being done with kafka-streams to expose a topic as a table.
> On Mar 30, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Michael D. Spence <mspenc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Any advice on using Kafka to store the actual messages? > > On 3/22/2016 6:32 PM, Michael D. Spence wrote: >> We have to construct a messaging application that functions as a >> switch between other applications in the enterprise. Since our switch >> need only have a few days worth of messages, we are considering >> using Kafka as the means for persistence of the messages themselves, >> using something else such as Oracle or Elasticsearch to do inquiries >> and analytics. A query would resolve to a Kafka message ID which we >> would use to get the actual text if we needed it (many queries are for >> aggregates rather than the messages themselves). We value durability >> more than speed. >> >> Has anyone ever done this? >> >> Michael D. Spence >> Mockingbird Data Systems, Inc >
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