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Why Tiered Storage for Apache Kafka is a BIG THING…

ByKai Waehner
5. December 2023
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Apache Kafka added Tiered Storage to separate compute and storage. The capability enables more scalable, reliable and cost-efficient enterprise architectures. This blog post explores the architecture, use cases, benefits, and a case study for storing Petabytes of data in the Kafka commit log. The end discusses why Tiered Storage does NOT replace other databases and how Apache Iceberg might change future Kafka architectures even more.

Apache Kafka and Tiered Storage for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security

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Kafka for Cybersecurity (Part 4 of 6) – Digital Forensics

ByKai Waehner
23. July 2021
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This blog series explores use cases and architectures for Apache Kafka in the cybersecurity space, including situational awareness, threat intelligence, forensics, air-gapped and zero trust environments, and SIEM / SOAR modernization. This post is part four: Digital Forensics.