>If you get a partition, you can't keep operating with consistency across the whole system. But why can't I shut down some nodes and direct all my users to the

>If you get a partition, you can't keep operating with consistency across the whole system. But why can't I shut down some nodes and direct all my users to the other(s)? As long as I have enough of a channel to communicate which node is now authoritative (and if all systems including driving between DCs fail simeltaneously, nobody needs my app anyway) can't I keep serving my users out of one DC? Thank you for engaging this thought experiment, by the way. This is fascinating stuff.