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		mperham 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scaling request logging with ClickHouse, Kafka, an... Seems weird not to use Redis as the buffering layer + minutely cron job. Seems a lot simpler than installing Kafka + Vector.

SteveNuts 44 days ago | [–]

Vector is very simple to operate and (mostly) stateless, and can handle buffering if you choose.

Kafka and Redis is a "pick your poison" IMO, scaling and operating those have their own headaches.

otterley 44 days ago | [–]

Redis isn’t a good durable message queue.

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