Enterprise Streaming Multi-Datacenter Replication with Kafka | Confluent

This post introduces Multi-Datacenter Replication as a new capability within Confluent Platform, designed to simplify and automate data replication between Kafka clusters across multiple datacenters. It addresses the limitations of MirrorMaker by providing dynamic topic creation with matching partition counts and replication factors, automatic topic resizing and reconfiguration, flexible topic selection, support for secure clusters, and integration with Confluent Connect API for scalability and fault tolerance. The implementation leverages a Kafka source connector and is configurable and monitorable via Confluent Control Center. The post details an aggregation use case and provides setup instructions.