Re:InfluxDB Clustering Design – Neither CP or AP
by seaworthy-tonya on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @08:38PM
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> Being able to write and query the data is more important than having a strongly consistent view
I can imagine some use cases where this is a very reasonable assumption (statsd-style analysis & monitoring systems) but other cases where it's not so great (financial systems).
Re:InfluxDB Clustering Design – Neither CP or AP
by pauldix on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @10:22PM
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That's why later on we'll be adding per query request consistency levels. For now, we're focused on the AP use case where you don't need an absolute guarantee.
I can imagine some use cases where this is a very reasonable assumption (statsd-style analysis & monitoring systems) but other cases where it's not so great (financial systems).