Introducing Northguard and Xinfra: scalable log storage at LinkedIn

Original URL: https://www.linkedin.com/blog/engineering/infrastructure/introducing-northguard-and-xinfra

Added Date: July 16, 2025

Memo: Even “more scaling” was the headline driver, the deeper motivation was to build a log‐storage system that could operate reliably, efficiently, and autonomously at hyperscale—solving Kafka’s metadata, coordination, and rebalancing challenges.