I think it would be a good idea to add a bit more explanation storage-conf.xml/wiki regarding the replication factor. It caused some confusion until we dug around the mail archive to realize that our UnavailableExceptions were caused by our incorrect assumption and that RF=1 does NOT mean that this nodes data will be replicated to one another node -- but rather the data will only exist in one node :-s.
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