Kafka-on-Pulsar: bring native Kafka protocol support to Apache Pulsar
Executive Summary
We are excited to announce that StreamNative and OVHcloud are open-sourcing “Kafka on Pulsar" (KoP). KoP brings the native Apache Kafka protocol support to Apache Pulsar by introducing a Kafka protocol handler on Pulsar brokers. By adding the KoP protocol handler to your existing Pulsar cluster, you can now migrate your existing Kafka applications and services to Pulsar without modifying the code. This enables Kafka applications to leverage Pulsar’s powerful features, such as:
- Streamlined operations with enterprise-grade multi-tenancy
- Simplified operations with a rebalance-free architecture
- Infinite event stream retention with Apache BookKeeper and tiered storage
- Serverless event processing with Pulsar Functions
Download our White Paper for Kafka on Pulsar, learn how to bring native Kafka protocol support to Apache Pulsar.
Pierre Zemb is a Tech Lead working around distributed and storage systems at OVHcloud. He is currently working on ioStream, a topic-as-a-service product. He started to become an Apache contributor through contributions to Flink, HBase and Pulsar. He's also giving a hand to different local events, such as the local Devoxx4Kids, JUG/GDG and DevFest.
Jia Zhai is a core software engineer at StreamNative, and PMC member of both Apache BookKeeper and Apache Pulsar, and contributes to these 2 projects continually. He lives in Beijing, China.
Sijie Guo is the co-founder and CEO of StreamNative, which provides a cloud-native event streaming platform powered by Apache Pulsar. Sijie has worked on messaging and streaming data technologies for more than a decade. Prior to StreamNative, Sijie cofounded Streamlio, a company focused on real-time solutions. At Twitter, Sijie was the tech lead for the messaging infrastructure group, where he co-created DistributedLog and Twitter EventBus. Prior to that, he worked on the push notification infrastructure at Yahoo!, where he was one of the original developers of BookKeeper and Pulsar. He is also the VP of Apache BookKeeper and PMC member of Apache Pulsar.
StreamNative is a global team of knowledgeable experts in Apache Pulsar, Apache BookKeeper, and messaging and streaming.
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