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Redpanda 26.1 Architecture and Operations

An eight-part source-guided study of Redpanda 26.1.13: Kafka compatibility, Raft durability, storage, remote data, transforms, RPC, cluster control, and benchmark design.

Start with part 1Redpanda Architecture: Kafka Outside, Shards Inside Latest releaseRedpanda Internal RPC: Versioned Bytes Between Brokers

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