Aeron instead of Kafka?

[hrstoyanov]

Hello @hg-ms @fh-ms @m-stoer

I looked at the Eclipse Datagrid source code and it seems that the only implementation for data replication is via Kafka. While well known and reliable, Kafka requires the maintenance of HA cluster of of Kafka server nodes, which is unnecessary burden for Eclipse Datagrid.

Have you evaluated f Aeron instead (or as an alternative to Kafka)?

• it is a Java library, not a separate server software.
• It is of very high performance, used for high-frequency trading.
• It is well maintained and mature, Apache licensed.
• [Optional] It has robust RAFT concensus protocol built-in

I may find some spare cycles to code Aeron integration, but wanted to check with you first.