# Reading on a stretched cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** ScyllaDB\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/reading-on-a-stretched-cluster/662 "2023-06-29T11:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aaponomarev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@aaponomarev](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/aaponomarev)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/reading-on-a-stretched-cluster/662/1 "2023-06-29T11:48:46Z")
- We have a test stand with stretched scylladb cluster: - the attacking host placed in dc1 - All nodes are same - what is the reason that after the time expires, the application starts reading from host 10.0.0.3 (which is obviously located further - in another data center) - And after some time, the situation changes exactly the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![aaponomarev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@aaponomarev](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/aaponomarev)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/reading-on-a-stretched-cluster/662/2 "2023-06-30T08:59:39Z")
- This night result: ![screenshot-2023.06.30-11_52_32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/1X/641f0bf9d73ee284d8bf8480fc4cbbe7bde86c3f.png) - As can be seen from the graph: the first time reading was from the nearest nodes. But not for long 🙂 A few minutes later, a host located in another DC took the lead ---
**Author:** ![Botond\_Denes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/botond_denes/32/163_2.png) [@Botond\_Denes](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Botond_Denes)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/reading-on-a-stretched-cluster/662/3 "2023-07-12T11:17:12Z")
When you have a multi-DC setup, make sure the Consistency Level you use for you reads is a `LOCAL_` one: `LOCAL_ONE` or `LOCAL_QUORUM`. Otherwise, the replicas will be selected from among all the nodes in the cluster, disregarding DC. See [Consistency Levels | ScyllaDB Docs](https://opensource.docs.scylladb.com/stable/cql/consistency.html).