Superstream

Superstream is a "sidecar" solution for Apache Kafka. It is not a broker, but an optimization layer. It automatically tunes your Kafka clients (producers/consumers) to use the best batching and compression settings and analyzes your cluster to find inefficiencies.

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Why use it in EDA? Kafka costs can spiral out of control due to poor client configuration. Superstream reduces the "Kafka Tax." It gives you visibility into how your applications are using Kafka and automatically fixes bad configurations to save money and prevent outages.

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How do we use it?

• Cost Reduction: Drastically reducing network transfer costs by optimizing compression.
• Governance: Identifying "zombie" topics and unused data.