DOC-1610-max-message-size-for-Redpanda-Cloud (#458)

* DOC-1610-max-message-size-for-Redpanda-Cloud

* minor edit

* minor edit

* update create-topic.adoc

* fix what's new

* minor edit

* Update modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc

Co-authored-by: Joyce Fee <[email protected]>

* edit existing serverless message size from 20 MB to 20 MiB

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Co-authored-by: Joyce Fee <[email protected]>

Author: micheleRP

modules/get-started/pages/cloud-overview.adoc

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ Redpanda Cloud offers three fully-managed cloud deployment options, each designe
 | Up to 45,600
 | Up to 112,500
 
+| *Max message size (MiB)*
+| 8 (default), 20 (max)
+| 20 (default), 32 (max)
+| 20 (default), 32 (max)
+
 | *Private networking*
 | ✗
 | ✓

modules/get-started/pages/cluster-types/serverless.adoc

@@ -16,21 +16,16 @@ Serverless is the fastest and easiest way to start data streaming. With Serverle
 
 Each Serverless cluster has the following maximum usage limits:
 
-[cols="1,2",options="header"]
-|===
-| Metric | Limit
-
-| Ingress | 100 MB/s
-| Egress | 300 MB/s
-| Partitions | 5,000
-| Message size | 20 MiB
-| Retention | unlimited
-| Storage | unlimited
-| Users | 30
-| ACLs | 120
-| Consumer groups | 200
-| Connections | 10,000
-|===
+* **Ingress**: 100 MB/s
+* **Egress**: 300 MB/s
+* **Partitions**: 5,000 
+* **Message size**: 20 MiB
+* **Retention**: unlimited
+* **Storage**: unlimited
+* **Users**: 30
+* **ACLs**: 120
+* **Consumer groups**: 200
+* **Connections**: 10,000 
 
 
 NOTE: The partition limit is the number of logical partitions before replication occurs. Redpanda Cloud uses a replication factor of 3.

modules/get-started/pages/create-topic.adoc

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Topics provide a way to organize events. After creating a cluster, you can create a topic in it. Each cluster can have up to 40,000 topics.
 
-Topic properties are populated from information stored in the broker. Redpanda features, such as Tiered Storage, are enabled and configured by default in Redpanda Cloud. For Dedicated and BYOC clusters, you can optionally overwrite some settings.
+Topic properties are populated from information stored in the broker. Redpanda features, such as Tiered Storage, are enabled and configured by default in Redpanda Cloud. You can optionally overwrite some settings.
 
 include::develop:partial$topic-properties-warning.adoc[]
 
@@ -22,16 +22,29 @@ include::develop:partial$topic-properties-warning.adoc[]
 | The number of partitions for the topic.
 
 | *Replication factor*
-| The number of partition replicas for the topic. Redpanda Cloud requires a minimum of 3 topic replicas. If a topic is created with a replication factor of 1, Redpanda resets the replication factor to 3. 
+| The number of partition replicas for the topic. 
+
+Redpanda Cloud requires a minimum of 3 topic replicas. If a topic is created with a replication factor of 1, Redpanda resets the replication factor to 3. 
 
 | *Cleanup policy*
-| The policy that determines how to clean up old log segments. The default is *delete*.
+| The policy that determines how to clean up old log segments. 
+
+The default is *delete*.
 
 | *Retention time*
-| The maximum length of time to keep messages in a topic. The default is *7 days*.
+| The maximum length of time to keep messages in a topic. 
+
+The default is *7 days*.
 
 | *Retention size*
-| The maximum size of each partition. If a partition reaches this size and more messages are added, the oldest messages are deleted. The default is *infinite*.
+| The maximum size of each partition. If a partition reaches this size and more messages are added, the oldest messages are deleted. 
+
+The default is *infinite*.
+
+| *Message size*
+| The maximum size of a message or batch for a newly-created topic. 
+
+The default is *20 MiB* for BYOC and Dedicated clusters, and *8 MiB* for Serverless clusters. You can increase this value up to *32 MiB* for BYOC and Dedicated clusters, and *20 MiB* for Serverless clusters, with the `message.max.bytes` topic property.
 |===
 
 

modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ You can now create xref:get-started:cluster-types/serverless.adoc[Serverless clu
 
 You can view details about Kafka client connections using `rpk` or the Data Plane API. This allows you to view detailed information about active client connections on a cluster, and identify and troubleshoot problematic clients. For more information, see the xref:manage:cluster-maintenance/manage-throughput.adoc#view-connected-client-details[connected client details] example in the Manage Throughput guide.
 
+=== Increased message size limit
+
+Redpanda Cloud increased the xref:get-started:create-topic.adoc[message size limit] on newly-created topics. BYOC and Dedicated clusters have a default message size limit of 20 MiB with a maximum of 32 MiB. Serverless clusters have a default message size limit of 8 MiB with a maximum of 20 MiB. Configure the message size limit with the `max_message_bytes` topic property.
+
+The message size setting on existing topics is not changed, but the message size limit on existing topics can only be updated to the new maximum.
+
 === Redpanda Connect updates
 
 Redpanda Connect provides a simplified xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[quickstart] experience in the UI that helps you to start building data pipelines. The quickstart wizard creates pipelines to stream data into and out of Redpanda, populating the required YAML configuration automatically.