Introducing Northguard and Xinfra: scalable log storage at LinkedIn

LinkedIn's shake-up: Northguard kicks Kafka to the curb to handle its 1.2 billion users. The prize? Sharper operability, striped logs, and nimble metadata management. Xinfra steps up to virtualize Pub/Sub, easing the Kafka-to-Northguard leap. Kafka's client-centric stubbornness? Not a problem.