Multi-Region Kafka

Concepts: paEventPlatforms

What They Want to Hear 'Multi-region Kafka has three architectures. Active-passive: one primary cluster, MirrorMaker 2 replicates to a standby for disaster recovery. Active-active: each region has its own cluster, bidirectional replication, consumers process local events. Stretch cluster: a single Kafka cluster with brokers in multiple regions, synchronous replication. I choose active-active for most cases because it gives each region low-latency access to local data while maintaining global visibility through replication. Stretch cluster gives the strongest consistency but cross-region latency hits every produce call.' This is the answer that shows you have evaluated the tradeoffs, not just named the options.