# Cold Standby DR

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/cold-standby-dr/6878>\
**Category:** Cluster Replication\
**Created:** [20 December 2022 03:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/cold-standby-dr/6878 "2022-12-20T03:50:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hasmine.roldan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hasmine.roldan](https://forum.confluent.io/u/hasmine.roldan)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2022 03:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/cold-standby-dr/6878/1 "2022-12-20T03:50:33Z")

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Hi,

Does anyone know how can I implement a Cold Standby DR of a Kafka cluster?

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**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2022 06:41 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/cold-standby-dr/6878/2 "2022-12-20T06:41:29Z")

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Hi @hasmine.roldan

what about Confluent Replicator or MirrorMaker2?

Confluent Replicator  
[https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/multi-dc-deployments/replicator/index.html#replicator-detail](https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/multi-dc-deployments/replicator/index.html#replicator-detail)

MirrorMaker2  
[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-382%3A+MirrorMaker+2.0](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-382%3A+MirrorMaker+2.0)

> **[Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#basic_ops_mirror_maker)**
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> Apache Kafka: A Distributed Streaming Platform.

Best,  
Michael

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**Author:** ![OneCricketeer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/onecricketeer/32/1551_2.png) [@OneCricketeer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/OneCricketeer)\
**Post date:** [21 December 2022 13:47 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/cold-standby-dr/6878/3 "2022-12-21T13:47:01Z")

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Mirroring to another Kafka cluster be a warm (or hot) standby.
