Important:  In Remote Transfer mode, the file is deleted from the remote server after it is  transferred to the local directory by the FileInput node for processing. The FileInput node  creates an  mqsitransitin  subdirectory in the input directory. The mqsitransitin subdirectory  holds and locks the input files while they are being processed. If an integration server  crashes while processing the file, the partially processed file can be recovered from the  mqsitransitin  subdirectory of the local input directory and can be submitted for  reprocessing.  In the Kubernetes environment, if the IBM App Connect Integration Server Pod crashes, a  new replacement Pod is spawned by Kubernetes from the base Docker image. The data or  state is lost when the container/Pod dies because the file system inside the container is  temporary. Therefore, you might lose the partially processed file because it is held in the  local directory inside the container in the following scenario:  You are processing a file inside container in Remote Transfer mode, and the container /Pod  crashes for some reason.  Therefore, when you use the Remote Transfer option for processing files, you need to  ensure that you have a backup copy of the files on the remote server. That way, the files  can be resubmitted for processing in the event of failure due to pod or integration server  crash. For file-based integration, Remote Transfer option is recommended instead of consuming  the files via file system mounts that use persistent volume claim (PVC). IBM Event Streams is a scalable, distributed, high-throughput message bus, which supports  a number of client protocols including Kafka. You can use the KafkaProducer and  KafkaConsumer nodes in IBM App Connect to receive messages from and send messages to  IBM Event Streams. The following steps provide detail on how to configure a connection from IBM App Connect to  IBM Event Streams that runs within the Cloud Pak for Integration platform. Similar steps can  be used for connecting to an external event streams instance. 1. To obtain the connection information of Event Stream instance in the IBM Cloud Pak for  Integration cluster, click  Connect to this cluster  option as shown in Figure 7-95. Extract event stream connection information 7.8.8 Considerations for integrating IBM App Connect with IBM Event Streams  528  Accelerating Modernization with Agile Integration