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Comparing Single-node and Cluster Kafka Instances

A single-node Kafka instance has only one broker. These instances do not guarantee performance or reliability and are for trial use or testing only. In the production environment, use cluster instances.

Table 1 compares single-node and cluster instances by features and functions.

Table 1 Comparing single-node and cluster instances

Item

Single-node

Cluster

Version

2.7

1.1.0, 2.7, and 3.x

AZ

Single

1, or 3 or more

Brokers

1

3 and more

Access mode

Plaintext access

Plaintext and ciphertext access

Modifying instance specifications

×

√

Resetting Kafka password

×

√

Viewing disk usage

×

√

Reassigning partitions

×

√

Configuring topic permissions

×

√

Managing users

×

√

Viewing rebalancing logs

×

√

Smart Connect

×

√

Managing Kafka quotas

×

√

Modifying configuration parameters

×

√