>> My expectation is that LOCAL_QUORUM dictates that it will return a record >> once a majority (N/2 +1) of replicas reports back. > > Yes, the RF and the number of hosts that are up within the replica set > of the row in question is what matters.
And note that this is for fundamental reasons. A node that is not part of the replica set (and is not expected to have any data for the row) cannot usefully participate in the read. -- / Peter Schuller (@scode, http://worldmodscode.wordpress.com)
