How we implemented Distributed Multi-document ACID Transactions in Couchbase
ACID Transactions are a must when you have strict data consistency requirements in your application. The costs of running transactions on distributed systems can rapidly create bottlenecks at scale. In this article, we will give you an overview of some...
Denis Rosa, Developer Advocate, Couchbase March 23, 2021
Introducing Couchbase 7 Beta, Mapping RDBMS to NoSQL
Couchbase Server 7 Beta Couchbase Server 7 Beta is a very exciting release. It is available, free in both Enterprise and Community Editions. We encourage our entire community to download and try this groundbreaking release that features scopes and collections...
Jeff Morris, VP Product Marketing November 17, 2020
Multi-Cloud Computing – Strategy & Considerations
This post continues our look at various core computing concepts by diving into the emerging paradigm known as multi-cloud computing. We describe what an enterprise multi-cloud strategy looks like and provide considerations for setting multi-cloud management and storage-related goals. I...
Tyler Mitchell April 21, 2021
How did digital architects deal with the COVID-19 challenge?
How did digital architects deal with the COVID-19 challenge, and what is their blueprint for the future? In Couchbase’s fourth annual digital transformation survey, we have already looked at the challenges to digital transformation in 2020, and the roles of...
Jeff Morris, VP Product Marketing April 19, 2021
Hybrid Cloud Services & Computing Models
What are Hybrid Cloud Services? Everyone has heard the term “hybrid cloud,” but what exactly are hybrid cloud services, and why are they becoming so important to enterprise architectures? And what’s the best way to take advantage of a hybrid...
Mark Gamble, Dir Product & Solutions Mktg, Couchbase April 15, 2021
Navigating the SQL Landscape for DBAs and Developers
This article briefly introduces the essentials of SQL – its meaning, definition, and application to different database technologies. We introduce many different types of systems that use SQL – from databases to event stream processing. What is SQL? Define: SQL...
Tyler Mitchell April 7, 2021
Introduction to Ottoman With Couchbase
Ottoman is an Object Data Modeler (ODM) for Couchbase’s Node.js SDK providing JSON schema and validation for NoSQL. Why Use an ODM for Couchbase With Ottoman, you declare schema in your code. Although Couchbase has no schema enforcement for your...
Eric Bishard March 30, 2021
Distributed Databases: An Overview
Distributed Databases apply the principles of distributed computing to storing data. The simplest example is a database which stores data on two (or more) servers connected by a network. This “cluster” can be accessed and managed as if it was...
Matthew Groves March 29, 2021
Couchbase Adopts BSL License
Couchbase adopts Business Source License (BSL 1.1) with release of source code to Couchbase Server 7. Couchbase changes source code license to BSL 1.1 Today we are announcing that Couchbase is changing our source code license from Apache 2.0 to...
Scott Anderson March 26, 2021
Develop a User Profile Store and Session Store with Node.js – Video
This companion video complements the Create a User Profile Store with Node.js and a NoSQL Database article. For example, we start from scratch, introduce valuable concepts demonstrating user data storage with NoSQL. We use the Couchbase Node SDK and tools...
Eric Bishard March 19, 2021
Data Structures & Full-Text Search Indexing in Couchbase
This is Part 3 of a series examining Data Structures in NoSQL databases. In this post, we use Full-Text Search natural language queries against data structures in Couchbase. Part 1: Data Structures for NoSQL Applications we used simplified JSON data...
Tyler Mitchell March 16, 2021
Upgrading Couchbase Community Edition
Why Enterprise Edition Couchbase Server is generally available in three flavors: Community Edition (CE), Enterprise Edition (EE) and Couchbase Cloud (DBaaS). Many customers start with Community Edition. They download CE and use it completely free to run development, test and...
Pavel Novokshonov, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Couchbase March 15, 2021
Geospatial Basics, Spatial Databases & NoSQL Examples
This brief intro to several geospatial data concepts covers spatial databases, spatial indexing, and using GeoJSON data in NoSQL. What is Spatial Data? Spatial data are data types (files, databases, web services) that encode geographic information for use in location-aware...
Tyler Mitchell March 11, 2021