May 26, 2026•1 min read•from InfoQ

Article: Architecting Cloud-Native Kafka: From Tiered Storage Towards a Diskless Future

This article explores Kafka's transition toward a cloud-native architecture, examining how tiered storage, FinOps telemetry, elastic consumer scaling, virtual clusters, and Share Groups reshape the operational and economic model of event streaming platforms. It also analyzes emerging diskless-storage proposals and their architectural trade-offs.

By Viquar Khan

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