The client has to specify a node or a set of nodes in the cluster to connect to. These nodes/this node will handle the request first. In the cluster, nodes will gossip with each other about their information, so that it will know which node has the key/value.
Stanley On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:36 AM, mcasandra <mohitanch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am reading interesting white paper about Dynamo. I might have to read it > again :) but I have a simple question, when a request comes in which node > handles the request first and how does it determine which node has the > key/value? Also, how cassandra ensures that read/write always O(1) > complexity? Can someone please explain that in detail? > > http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2007/10/amazons_dynamo.html > -- > View this message in context: > http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Basic-Cassandra-Architecture-questions-tp6014218p6014218.html > Sent from the cassandra-u...@incubator.apache.org mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. >
