From f450c3ea30015711be44bdf09f21952ae1d7f86d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shay Banon Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:24:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update docs to reflect how default write consistency with 1 replica behaves --- docs/reference/docs/index_.asciidoc | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/index_.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/index_.asciidoc index 88331746315..bedeca092c7 100644 --- a/docs/reference/docs/index_.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/docs/index_.asciidoc @@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ parameter can be used. Valid write consistency values are `one`, `quorum`, and `all`. +Note, for the case where the number of replicas is 1 (total of 2 copies +of the data), then the default behavior is to succeed if 1 copy (the primary) +can perform the write. + [float] [[index-replication]] === Asynchronous Replication