Two Down Still Correct

A leaderless store keeps N=5N = 5 replicas per key. Strict quorums only: no sloppy quorum, no hinted handoff. The requirement from the product team is blunt: while any 2 of the 5 replicas are down, reads and writes must both keep succeeding, and a read must never miss a write that was already acknowledged.

Which (R,W)(R, W) is the only pair that satisfies all of that?

A

R=3R = 3, W=2W = 2

B

R=3R = 3, W=3W = 3

C

R=2R = 2, W=4W = 4

D

R=1R = 1, W=5W = 5