> I'm not sure why this is not allowed. As long as I do not use CL.all there > will be enough nodes available to satisfy the read / write (at least when I > look at ReadCallback and the WriteResponseHandler). Or am I missing > something here?
According to http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.0/cluster_architecture/replication "As a general rule, the replication factor should not exceed the number of nodes in the cluster. However, it is possible to increase replication factor, and then add the desired number of nodes afterwards. When replication factor exceeds the number of nodes, writes will be rejected, but reads will be served as long as the desired consistency level can be met." -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
