Re: Consistency Level (QUORUM vs LOCAL_QUORUM)

2016-03-31 Thread Robert Coli
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 4:35 AM, Alain RODRIGUEZ wrote: > My understanding is using RF 3 and LOCAL_QUORUM for both reads and writes > will provide a strong consistency and a high availability. One node can go > down and also without lowering the consistency. Or RF = 5, Quorum

Re: Consistency Level (QUORUM vs LOCAL_QUORUM)

2016-03-31 Thread Alain RODRIGUEZ
Hi, If you want the full immediate consistency of a traditional relational > database, then go with CL=ALL, otherwise, take your pick from the many > degrees of immediacy that Cassandra offers: My understanding is using RF 3 and LOCAL_QUORUM for both reads and writes will provide a strong

Re: Consistency Level (QUORUM vs LOCAL_QUORUM)

2016-03-27 Thread Jack Krupansky
The third choice is EACH_QUORUM which assures QUORUM in each data center (all data centers.) There is no "immediate consistency" per se in Cassandra. Cassandra offers "eventual consistency" and "tunable consistency" or the degree of immediate consistency, which is the CL that you specify - you

Consistency Level (QUORUM vs LOCAL_QUORUM)

2016-03-27 Thread Harikrishnan A
Hello, I have a question regarding consistency Level settings in a multi Data Center Environment.  What is the preferred CL settings in this scenario for an immediate consistency , QUORUM or LOCAL_QUORUM ? If the replication Factor is set to 3  each ( 2 Data Centers) , the QUORUM (