Kafka Connect Architecture, distributed system, multiple servers, clusters, brokers, topics, partitions, producers, consumers, connectors, data pipelines, real-time data streaming, event-driven design, scalable, fault-tolerant, high-throughput, cloud infrastructure, virtual machines, Docker containers, Kubernetes orchestration, Apache Kafka ecosystem, ZooKeeper coordination, configuration management, monitoring tools, Grafana dashboards, Prometheus metrics, alert systems, secure data transmission, SSL encryption, authentication mechanisms.