This is the key idea behind these databases. It is a good way to design a hash table to scale seamlessly. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_hashing" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_hashing</a>
In the last write wins mechanism if two writes (V1 and V2) happen concurrently to different replicas why is V2 considered the last write in the article.<p>Reading the explanation and lead up, i was left with the impression that the last updates to each column (for a columnar store like Cassandra) would take effect so the final would be<p>{"street" : "Cubbon", "city" : "Bombay"}
Is it just me having inadequate vision or the visual design of the article is challenging? Light grey text on white background, dark red and blackish colors on dark grey background.