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Kafka Migration - Web3 Wallet Platform

KafkaCloud MigrationGCPAWSCost Optimization

Migrated messaging from Google Cloud Pub/Sub to Kafka, reducing costs by 40%.

Project Details

A strategic migration project that replaced Google Cloud Pub/Sub with Apache Kafka for the Web3 Wallet Platform's messaging infrastructure, achieving 40% cost reduction while improving performance and reliability.

Key Features

  • Zero-downtime migration strategy with parallel systems
  • Custom Kafka connector development for specialized blockchain events
  • Automated monitoring and alerting system
  • Configurable message retention and compression policies
  • Horizontal scaling capabilities for handling traffic spikes

Technical Challenges

  • Maintaining message ordering guarantees during migration
  • Designing efficient topic partitioning strategy
  • Implementing reliable exactly-once message delivery
  • Optimizing Kafka cluster configuration for blockchain events
  • Developing comprehensive integration tests for validation