Problemsby GlyphApache Kafka tables suffer from small files and skew
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Need advise on partitioning strategy for multi-tenancy
...data isolation needn't be very strict.. We need to effectively solve noisy neighbor problem with zero data loss is must. . Onboarding a tenant should've no downtime as well and a tenant if growing big should be allowed to be promoted or moved.. Have 2 options in mind:. Custom...
Plan to support table maintaence in kafka connect?
### Feature Request / Improvement Hey, Just curious, why not enhance kafka connector and include the compaction, snapshot expiry etc on the kafka connect itself? Connector's tasks are already running on the connect workers(compute), why not enhance the coordinator to start a...
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2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 2 a week over 5 days. Mostly on apache/iceberg, r/apachekafka. Tools named alongside: Apache Iceberg.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "file-formats" rule about Apache Kafka. First post Oct 15, 2026, latest Oct 19, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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