Hi, Consistency between nodes is guaranteed in ATOMIC mode, however, the read-after-write guarantee is met in the following cases: - cache write synchronization mode is FULL_SYNC. In this mode cache.put() will not return control until all data nodes (primary and backup) responsible for the data are updated. See CacheConfiguration.setWriteSynchronizationMode() - cache write synchronization mode is PRIMARY_SYNC, but reads from backups are forbidden by setting CacheConfiguration#readFromBackup to false. In this mode cache.put() will return control after the primary node has been updated (backup nodes may not be updated yet), the the read consistency is guaranteed because reads always happen from primary nodes.
Both modes have it's implications on performance - FULL_SYNC mode comes at a slightly slower update performance while it allows more frequent local reads using backups; PRIMARY_SYNC allows for a better update performance, but the restriction for always-primary reads will result in more frequent network calls for reads. It's up to you to decide which configuration suits better for your use-case. Hop this helps, --AG
