B is the answer
> On Mar 7, 2014, at 7:35 PM, James Lyons <james.ly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm wondering about the following scenario. > > Consider a cluster of nodes with replication say 3. > When performing a read at "read one" consistency and lets say my client isn't > smart enough to route the request to the Cassandra node housing the data at > first. the contacted node acts as a coordinator and forwards the request to: > A) a node that houses the data and waits for a reply, possibly timesout and > re-issues to another in a failure or slow host scenario. > or > B) all (3) the nodes that house the data and returns after any one of them > replies. > > I'm hoping for B... anyone know for sure?
