Confluent Platform 6.1 further simplifies management tasks for Apache Kafka® operators. Based on Apache Kafka 2.7, this release provides even higher availability for enterprises who are using Kafka as the central backbone for their business-critical applications.
The release of Confluent Platform 6.0, based on Apache Kafka 2.6, introduces Tiered Storage, Self-Balancing Clusters, ksqlDB 0.10, Admin REST APIs, and Cluster Linking in preview.
Multi-Region Clusters improve high availability in Apache Kafka® and ensure cluster replication across multiple zones. In this episode, Anna McDonald and Mitch Henderson share common challenges that users often run into with Multi-Region Clusters, what causes them, and what to keep in mind when considering replication.
Confluent Platform 5.5 introduces long-awaited JSON Schema and Protobuf support in Confluent Schema Registry and across other platform components.
Confluent Platform 5.5 is out! This release includes improved schema management, Schema Registry support for Protobuf and JSON, better support for languages other than Java within the sphere of librdkafka, and an upgrade to ksqlDB.
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