please refer to the following doc. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+Replication
It talks about both the modes, I am not sure of which one is followed by Kafka. Also, is there a property to switch between the two. -Sameer. On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Manikumar <manikumar.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure about, what you mean by Asynchronous and Synchronous > replication. details about replication are here: > http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#replication > > Kafka producers can choose whether they wait for the message to be > acknowledged > by 0,1 or all (-1) replicas by using "acks" config property. > http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#design_ha > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Sameer Kumar <sam.kum.w...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Kafka supports two replication modes: Asynchronous and Synchronous > > replication. I couldnt find a property that allows you to switch between > > the two. > > > > Could someone please enlighten me on this. > > > > -Sameer. > > >