AWS Big Data Blog
Amazon MSK Replicator and MirrorMaker2: Choosing the right replication strategy for Apache Kafka disaster recovery and migrations
In this post, we walk through the different considerations for using Amazon MSK Replicator over Apache Kafka’s MirrorMaker 2, and help you choose the right replication solution for your use case. We also discuss how to make applications using Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) resilient to disasters using a multi-Region Kafka architecture using MSK Replicator.
Use Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to deliver real-time data to Amazon OpenSearch Service domains with Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion
In this post, we show how to use Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to buffer and aggregate real-time streaming data for delivery into Amazon OpenSearch Service domains and collections using Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion. You can use this approach for a variety of use cases, from real-time log analytics to integrating application messaging data for real-time search. In this post, we focus on the use case for centralizing log aggregation for an organization that has a compliance need to archive and retain its log data.
Non-JSON ingestion using Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon MSK, and Amazon Redshift Streaming Ingestion
Organizations are grappling with the ever-expanding spectrum of data formats in today’s data-driven landscape. From Avro’s binary serialization to the efficient and compact structure of Protobuf, the landscape of data formats has expanded far beyond the traditional realms of CSV and JSON. As organizations strive to derive insights from these diverse data streams, the challenge […]


