What's new in Strimzi 0.49.0
Strimzi 0.49.0 introduces new v1 API version to Strimzi CRDs and contains many important changes related to it. This short video introduces the main changes in this release.
How do you get Strimzi container images?
There are different ways to obtain the Strimzi container images. And each of them has its own pros and cons. How do you decide which one is the best for you?
The various tiers of Apache Kafka Tiered Storage
When people think of tiered storage, they generally associate it with object storage such as Amazon S3. If you are in one of the public clouds, using their object storage is usually the most obvious choice. But what if you are running Kafka on-premises? There are multiple projects that allow you to deploy your own S3-compatible object storage. However, managing these deployments can be time-consuming. Will you be able to run it with the same durability and availability as AWS? And will it have comparable performance? That’s why it’s worth considering other storage options. In this post, we will look at how shared storage can be used as tiered storage.
Java, Pluggability, Kubernetes, and Image Volumes
One of the great advantages of Java and the applications built with it is how seamlessly it supports plugins and extensions. For application developers, Java simplifies defining pluggable interfaces and discovering their implementations. For users, Java provides an easy way to add plugins to their applications — just place the JAR(s) containing the plugin on the classpath. In this blog post, we will have a look at how Kubernetes Image Volumes can help with this.