If you segregate your read and write, i.e put a (P)artition between them, and require writes to be (A)vailable when reads are down (and vice-versa), then you're

If you segregate your read and write, i.e put a (P)artition between them, and require writes to be (A)vailable when reads are down (and vice-versa), then you're either inconsistent, or eventually-consistent.