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CCDAK · Question #103
What happens when broker.rack configuration is provided in broker configuration in Kafka cluster?
The correct answer is C. Replicas for a partition are spread across different racks. Partitions for newly created topics are assigned in a rack alternating manner, this is the only change broker.rack does.
Deployment and Troubleshooting
Question
What happens when broker.rack configuration is provided in broker configuration in Kafka cluster?
Options
- AYou can use the same broker.id as long as they have different broker.rack configuration
- BReplicas for a partition are placed in the same rack
- CReplicas for a partition are spread across different racks
- DEach rack contains all the topics and partitions, effectively making Kafka highly available
How the community answered
(51 responses)- A2% (1)
- B6% (3)
- C90% (46)
- D2% (1)
Explanation
Partitions for newly created topics are assigned in a rack alternating manner, this is the only change broker.rack does.
Topics
#broker.rack#rack awareness#replica placement#fault tolerance
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