Kafka Replication Without the (Offset) Gaps

Orbit is an innovative tool designed to create identical, cost-effective, scalable, and secure continuous replicas of Kafka clusters, enhancing data management by maintaining offset-preserving replication, which ensures each record in the destination cluster mirrors the same offset as in the source. Integrated with WarpStream, Orbit allows seamless migration from any Kafka-compatible technology to WarpStream without user intervention and addresses limitations found in existing tools like MirrorMaker, which struggle with offset mapping and consumer group protocol limitations. By focusing on offset preservation, Orbit allows transparent migration of Kafka consumers, even when offsets are stored externally, and avoids replication edge cases, ensuring data consistency between source and destination clusters. This feature is particularly beneficial for use cases such as disaster recovery, cost-effective read replicas, and performant tiered storage. Orbit's integration with WarpStream simplifies the replication process, leveraging a stateless scheduler, and offers a user-friendly interface for deployment, with additional options for advanced users through APIs and Terraform. Available for any BYOC WarpStream cluster, Orbit facilitates efficient and reliable Kafka cluster replication and migration, backed by WarpStream's cost-effective architecture and zero-disk storage design.