> Thanks a lot Peter. So basically we would need to choose a > consistency other than QUORUM. I think in our case consistency is > not necessarily an issue since our data is write-once, read-many > (immutable data). I suppose having a replication factor of 4 would > result in two nodes in each datacenter having a copy of the data. If > there's a flaw in my logic, please let me know : ]
It would, but note that if you're writing at consistency level ONE only a single copy of the data is required to exist before your write is ACK:ed back to the client (but it will still be replicated). -- / Peter Schuller
