At 10×: the ring has more nodes. Virtual node count increases to maintain uniform distribution. Quorum sizes may decrease to maintain acceptable write latency as the cluster grows.
At 100×: geographic distribution becomes necessary. Multi-region replication introduces cross-region latency into the quorum path. Strong consistency across regions requires W and R values that span regions — adding 50–100ms to every write. Most systems relax to per-region consistency with async cross-region replication.
The evolution path is: single cluster → multi-rack cluster → multi-data-centre cluster → multi-region cluster. Each step increases the consistency/latency tradeoff.