Comment by thayne

> Hence, in my opinion, one is much better off giving up P rather than sacrificing C. (In a LAN environment, I think one should choose CA rather than AP).

That isn't how it works. The only way to completely avoid network partitions is to not have a network, i.e. not have a distributed system. Sure partitions are rare, but unless your network is flawless, and your nodes never go down, they do happen sometimes, and when they do, you have to choose between consistency and availability.

That said, in most cases consistency is probably what you want.