Let’s learn how Dynamo handles get() and put() requests.

Strategies for choosing the coordinator node

Dynamo clients can use one of the two strategies to choose a node for their get() and put() requests:

• Clients can route their requests through a generic load balancer.
• Clients can use a partition-aware client library that routes the requests to the appropriate coordinator nodes with lower latency.

In the first case, the load balancer decides which way the request would be routed, while in the second strategy, the client selects the node to contact