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Updates Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2 documentation to include accurate rack awareness behavior, configuration steps, and prerequisites aligned with follower fetching.

FLEET-6069

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Pull request overview

This PR updates documentation for Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2 to include information about rack awareness and follower fetching capabilities.

  • Restructured the MirrorMaker 2 getting started guide for improved clarity and consistency
  • Refined the MirrorMaker 2 tuning documentation with better organization and clearer examples
  • Added comprehensive documentation on how follower fetching works with Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2

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docs/products/kafka/kafka-mirrormaker/get-started.md Restructured and improved the getting started guide with clearer step-by-step instructions and updated prerequisites
docs/products/kafka/kafka-mirrormaker/concepts/mirrormaker2-tuning.md Reorganized configuration documentation with improved formatting and clearer examples
docs/products/kafka/howto/enable-follower-fetching.md Added new sections explaining how to use follower fetching with Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2
docs/products/kafka/concepts/follower-fetching.md Enhanced concepts documentation with detailed explanations of how rack awareness applies to Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2

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## Follower fetching in Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2

Aiven for Apache Kafka® Connect and Aiven for Apache Kafka® MirrorMaker 2 apply rack
awareness when follower fetching is [enabled](/docs/products/kafka/howto/enable-follower-fetching)
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is it enabled by default, if so can you confirm that. I was left wondering if it was.

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## Identify availability zone

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NIce to have, a one liner suggestion on how to do so/

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Note, we use the logical name, which maps randomly to the physical AZ name per AWS account. So this is fine if same account, if using cross account this is a limitation I believe.

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