Transforming Pulsar from Leader-Based to Leaderless Architecture - Design and Implementation

Explore the groundbreaking evolution of Pulsar's architecture in this 33-minute conference talk from Pulsar Summit Europe 2024, focusing on the introduction of Ursa, a next-generation data streaming engine. Dive deep into the technical transformation from a traditional leader-based, single-writer model to an innovative leaderless, multi-writer architecture that eliminates BookKeeper dependency. Learn about the engineering decisions, implementation details, and architectural improvements that enhance Pulsar's robustness, scalability, and flexibility as a streaming platform.