Backup and Restore a Kafka Cluster on Kubernetes

The lastest Mirror Maker2 is able to replicate the Kafka from one cluster to the destination cluster. However the backup and restore requirement is still there for the local Kafka cluster. When a Kafka cluster is running on Kubernetes, the traditional backup/restore method needs to be revised. On the other hand, the standardization of Kubernetes Storage API with Container Storage Interface (CSI) makes the…