DO you have 2 data centers? QUORUM is (total_replicas/2)+1 You may want LOCAL_QUORUM
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:47 PM, nitin padalia <padalia.ni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > When I set Consistency to QUORUM in cqlsh command line. It says > consistency is set to quorum. > > cqlsh:testdb> CONSISTENCY QUORUM ; > Consistency level set to QUORUM. > > However when I check it back using CONSISTENCY command on the prompt > it says consistency is 4. However it should be 2 as my replication > factor for the keyspace is 3. > cqlsh:testdb> CONSISTENCY ; > Current consistency level is 4. > > Isn't consistency QUORUM calculated by: (replication_factor/2)+1? > Where replication_factor/2 is rounded down. > > If yes then why consistency is displayed as 4, however it should be 2 > (3/2 = 1.5 = 1)+1 = 2. > > I am using Casssandra version 2.1.2 and cqlsh 5.0.1 and CQL spec 3.2.0 > > > Thanks! in advance. > Nitin Padalia > -- [image: datastax_logo.png] <http://www.datastax.com/> Ryan Svihla Solution Architect [image: twitter.png] <https://twitter.com/foundev> [image: linkedin.png] <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ryan-svihla/12/621/727/> DataStax is the fastest, most scalable distributed database technology, delivering Apache Cassandra to the world’s most innovative enterprises. Datastax is built to be agile, always-on, and predictably scalable to any size. With more than 500 customers in 45 countries, DataStax is the database technology and transactional backbone of choice for the worlds most innovative companies such as Netflix, Adobe, Intuit, and eBay.
