Supported versions and recommended number of instances for High Availability
Supported Kafka versions
PDS supports the following Kafka data service versions:
Data service  | Version  | 
Apache Kafka  | 
  | 
Recommended minimum number of instances for High Availability
| Minimum number of instances | Reason | 
|---|---|
| 3 | Kafka partitions data across brokers and needs a majority for controller election. With three instances, Kafka can replicate partitions and perform leader elections even if one broker fails. |