# Where does aerospike fall in PACELC?

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**Created:** [March 29, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/where-does-aerospike-fall-in-pacelc/10111 "2023-03-29T06:52:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dima\_Tisnek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/dima_tisnek/32/2053_2.png) [@Dima\_Tisnek](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Dima_Tisnek)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/where-does-aerospike-fall-in-pacelc/10111/1 "2023-03-29T06:52:50Z")

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Where does aerospike fall in PACELC?

And can we have a line added in [PACELC theorem - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PACELC_theorem#Database_PACELC_ratings) ?

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**Author:** ![kporter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/kporter/32/515_2.png) [@kporter](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/kporter)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/where-does-aerospike-fall-in-pacelc/10111/2 "2023-03-29T15:55:33Z")

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Depends on how you configure Aerospike.

The default for AP mode is PAEC, but can be configured towards PAEL by setting either `write-commit-level` in the `write-policy` to `master` or the `read-consistency-level` in the `read-policy` to `one`.

The `strong-consistency` mode (implements SC) is PCEC.

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**Author:** ![Dima\_Tisnek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/dima_tisnek/32/2053_2.png) [@Dima\_Tisnek](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/Dima_Tisnek)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/where-does-aerospike-fall-in-pacelc/10111/3 "2023-03-30T00:51:09Z")

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Thank you, I’ve updated the Wiki page

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/system/32/2274_2.png) [@system](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/where-does-aerospike-fall-in-pacelc/10111/4 "2023-06-22T00:51:36Z")

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