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It looks likely that we will use Kafka to connect our 'broker' to the main LSST fire-hose. Whether we would use Kafka to deliver the event stream to our downstream clients is up for discussion.
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What does "live stream" mean ?
Very interesting discussion, started by asking about the use case for a replay facility, particularly in relation to the replay feature provided by Kafa and what LSST may be able to provide.
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