The following are some features of Kafka connect:
- Scalable: This is a framework for scalable and reliable streaming data between Apache Kafka and other systems
- Simple: This makes it simple to define connectors that move large collections of data into and out of Kafka
- Offset management: The framework does most of the hard work of properly recording the offsets of the connectors
- Easy operation: This has a service that has a RESTful API for managing and deploying connectors
- Distributed: The framework can be clustered and will automatically distribute the connectors across the cluster, ensuring that the connector is always running
- Out-of-the-box connectors: For a detailed listing of all available sources and connectors, ...