title: StarCounter and CAP
body: <p>I have been reading about a database named Starcounter. It makes a claim that it can handle loads that a "NoSql"-database only can handle without dropping consistency. As far as I understand the CAP-theorem, if you keep consistency, you lose availability or partition tolerance. So what trick makes StarCounter work? </p>
  
  <p>I can imagine that StarCounter is fast, but the claim that NoSql needs to drop consistency to keep up seems a little bit strange to me. Can anyone please explain?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance
  Roland</p>