[KAFKA-16081] Limit number of ssl connections in brokers

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: need-kip
• Assignee: Jimmy Wang
• Reporter: Jimmy Wang
• Created: 04/Jan/24 13:54
• Updated: 04/Apr/24 03:33

Description

In Kafka, an SSL connection occupies approximately 100KB of memory, while a plaintext connection occupies around 250 bytes, resulting in a memory footprint ratio of approximately 400:1. Therefore, there should be a limitation for SSL connections.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #15126
• links to: KIP-1015: Limit number of ssl connections in brokers