Medium-Easy Apply Distributed Systems Fundamentals Multiple Choice

A distributed database processes a write. How many nodes must acknowledge before the client gets a success response?

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Answer Options

A All nodes

B One node (any)

C Depends on the consistency level configured (quorum)

D The leader node only

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