Here’s the Deal
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When comparing MindArray IPM vs Kafka, the Slant community recommends Kafka for most people. In the question“What are the best log management, aggregation & monitoring tools?” Kafka is ranked 8th while MindArray IPM is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose Kafka is:
Kafka is optimized for supporting a huge number of users.
Specs
Type?
Typemonitoring
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Pros
Pro Real-time indexing of log data
Indexes log data in real time
Pro Customizable
Pro Robust search and filters
The search functionality and the filters are very robust.
Pro Optimized for performance
Kafka is optimized for supporting a huge number of users.
Pro Native mirroring support
Kafka has native support for mirroring.
Pro Native compression support
Kafka has native support for compression.
Cons
Con No virtual appliance
No virtual appliance available.
Con Java is a resource hog
Java is a resource hog, making this far too slow unless you have money to throw at multiple servers with 1/2TB of ram.
Con Need Zookeeper
Kafka can only work with Zookeeper