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Re:It's Time to Drop the "F" Bomb - or "Lies, Damn Lies, and... by benblack on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:12PM (#2539246)
"In a replica set configuration, all reads and writes are routed to the master by default. In this scenario, consistency is guaranteed."

One would hope that reading and writing a single node database was consistent. This is table stakes for something calling itself a persistent store. Claiming partition tolerance in the above is the same as claiming availability. The former claim has been made. Rest left as exercise for the reader.

Namasté.

- Lil' B

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Re:It's Time to Drop the "F" Bomb - or "Lies, Damn Lies, and... by jorgeortiz85 on Thursday May 12, 2011 @11:06AM (#2540797)
If a slave is partitioned from its master, it won't be able to serve requests. (Unless the request is a read query marked as "slaveOk", in which case you admit inconsistency.) I highly doubt anyone would claim otherwise.
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