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This manual documents the Couchbase Server database system, for the 1.8 release series. For differences between individual version within this release series, see the version-specific notes throughout the manual.
Couchbase Server 1.8 is a re-branded release of Membase Server 1.7 with some additional fixes and changes. See Appendix C, Release Notes for more details of the precise changes.
Couchbase Server 1.8 retains all the same functionality and capabilities of Membase Server 1.7, including:
Memcached compatible
Clone to grow with auto-sharding
Zero-downtime maintenance
Production-ready management and monitoring
Reliable storage architecture
Data replication with auto-failover
Professional SDKs for wide variety of languages
For more help on specific areas of using Couchbase Server 1.8, see: