Satish D from Uber, will be joining our host Hugh Evans. Satish was a contributor to KIP 405 which brought tiered storage to Kafka.
What we’ll cover:
- What actually is tiered Kafka storage?
- What were the problems tiered storage was designed to solve?
- The specific storage challenge at Uber that led to KIP 405
- The biggest technical challenges in the implementation of KIP 405
- As a contributor how Satish worked with the community process to deliver such a fundamental change
- Common misconceptions about tiered storage
As always we’ll offer a free coffee voucher to all attendees. Get Kafka-Nated!
*If you've got topics you'd like us to explore, want to be a guest on the show, or have feedback on today's episode, reach out to us. We're always looking for new voices and perspectives from the Kafka community.
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Get Kafka-Nated - Episode 5
Uber Staff Engineer and Kafka Tiered Storage Contributor Satish Duggana
Aug 20, 2025

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