# Reference

This section contains various reference information about the WarpStream Kafka product.

The following topics contain various reference information about the WarpStream Kafka product, like:

1. How [compression](/warpstream/kafka/reference/compression) works.
2. Which [Kafka features and protocol messages](/warpstream/kafka/reference/protocol-and-feature-support) are supported.
3. Additional features that are WarpStream-specific and not available in Kafka, like the [Partitions Auto Scaler](/warpstream/kafka/reference/partitions-auto-scaler-beta).
4. The [MCP Server](/warpstream/reference/mcp-server) for querying events and diagnostics from AI assistants and IDEs.

- [Compression](/warpstream/kafka/reference/compression)
- [Protocol and Feature Support](/warpstream/kafka/reference/protocol-and-feature-support)
- [Partitions Auto-Scaler](/warpstream/kafka/reference/partitions-auto-scaler-beta)
- [Serverless Clusters](/warpstream/kafka/reference/serverless-clusters)
- [Partition Assignment Strategies](/warpstream/kafka/reference/partition-assignment-strategies)
- [Control Plane Utilization](/warpstream/kafka/reference/control-plane-utilization)