An on-premises order-processing application uses open-source Apache Kafka to publish and consume millions of messages per second. During migration to Google Cloud, the team wants to keep the Kafka client API unchanged, while off-loading cluster provisioning, patching, scaling, and fault-tolerance to Google. They also need built-in integration to Cloud Storage for long-term topic retention and Cloud Monitoring for metrics, all with minimal operational overhead and cost. Which Google Cloud service meets these needs?
Self-managed Apache Kafka cluster on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Self-managed Apache Kafka on Compute Engine with instance groups and autoscaling
Cloud Pub/Sub with Dataflow for Kafka compatibility
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka delivers fully managed, production-ready Kafka clusters that preserve full protocol compatibility, so existing producer and consumer code continues to work. The service handles provisioning, patching, scaling, and automatic healing, and offers built-in Kafka Connect connectors for Cloud Storage as well as metric export to Cloud Monitoring, minimizing operational work and total cost. Running self-managed Kafka on GKE or Compute Engine retains API compatibility but leaves cluster management to you, while Pub/Sub requires code changes. Therefore, Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka is the best fit.
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