that is not an important issue, it's separate from the replication question I'm thinking about. for now I'll just think about the case where every node owns the same key range , or N=RF.
> Are you saying: All replicas will receive the value whether or not they > actually own the key range for the value. If a node is not a replica for a > value, it will not store it, but it will still write it in it's transaction > log as a backup in case the leader dies. Is that right? > >>