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Terminology
Terminology
Terminology
- Brokers that are in ZK mode store their metadata in Apache ZooKepeer. This is the old mode of handling metadata.
- Brokers that are in KRaft mode store their metadata in a KRaft quorum. This is the new and improved mode of handling metadata.
- Migration is the process of moving cluster metadata from ZooKeeper into a KRaft quorum.
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