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LivePerson Slashes GCP Data Costs
LivePerson significantly cut its Logstash processing costs on Google Cloud by over 50%. The company achieved this by systematically benchmarking GCP machine types, ultimately switching to AMD Milan-based instances. They also found that Kafka compression codec selection independently boosted throughput.
Taranpreet Singh ·
Infra
Apache Kafka's Cloud-Native Future
Apache Kafka is evolving into a cloud-native platform. This shift involves tiered storage for cost efficiency, better financial operations (FinOps) telemetry, and elastic scaling. Architects are also exploring a future where Kafka could operate without local disks, changing its core operational model.
Ashish Kale ·