Category: Features

Tunable Memory – All new with 3.0! Full ejection and how to tune Couchbase Server memory with large databases
Tunable Memory – All new with 3.0! Full ejection and how to tune Couchbase Server memory with large databases

Learn the feature Full ejection and Tunable Memory with Couchbase Server 3.0 and check how to tune Couchbase Server memory with large databases.

Often Overlooked Linux OS Tweaks
Often Overlooked Linux OS Tweaks

There are two simple linux OS level settings that people seem to be overlooking setting correctly on their production systems I have seen. These are documented elsewhere, but they keep coming up and seems like they need some quick review...

Prepared Statements – by the Numbers!
Prepared Statements – by the Numbers!

Always be Prepared…. In our last discussion on prepared statements in couchbase we talked about the performance gains that are possible using prepared statements. I thought I’d post a “sequel” with a few real world examples and numbers using the...

Prepare for This!
Prepare for This!

Get Prepared…. One of the more impressive aspects of using N1QL is the ability to use prepared statements. What are prepared statements? Why use them? What’s the big deal? Consider the following example from the travel-sample bucket and dataset that are bundled...

Anti-Virus False Alarms and Couchbase
Anti-Virus False Alarms and Couchbase

Learn about commonly seen anti-virus false alarm issues, precautionary steps Couchbase takes to ensure download safety, and best practices you can follow.

How to Authenticate Couchbase with Windows Active Directory (via LDAP)
How to Authenticate Couchbase with Windows Active Directory (via LDAP)

Authenticate Couchbase server logins/users with LDAP and Windows Active Directory, Step by step guide of how to accomplish the task.

Hashing Passwords Stored in Couchbase Server with Node.js
Hashing Passwords Stored in Couchbase Server with Node.js

Learn why to use hash and check how the Bcrypt hashing algorithm on your passwords can add a tremendous amount of security for your users.

Couchbase .NET SDK 2.1.3 (and 2.1.2) released!
Couchbase .NET SDK 2.1.3 (and 2.1.2) released!

  Today we are releasing a follow up release to 2.1.0 and 2.1.1 that includes support for Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) for Couchbase Server 4.0 Beta and a plethora of bug fixes! In this post i’ll explain what MDS is and...

Indexes for N1QL: or how I got an order magnitude speed increase
Indexes for N1QL: or how I got an order magnitude speed increase

Indexes for N1QL: or how I got an order magnitude speed increase In Couchbase 4.0 we introduced N1QL query language: a flexible query language that brings SQL-like query to JSON documents. Whenever we talk about N1QL the conversation always opens...

The Security Tipping Point
The Security Tipping Point

We are really excited about our partnership with Vormetric and welcome the below guest blog post by Michael Rothschild from Vormetric.    I remember in the heady days of the dot.com boom where people were just migrating off their 56.6K...

Guest post from CenterEdge Software: Couchbase and N1QL Security
Guest post from CenterEdge Software: Couchbase and N1QL Security

Note: this is a guest post by Brant Burnett of CenterEdge Software, a company which developes POS and specialty software for the amusement park, leisure and entertainment industries. Overview N1QL is an incredibly powerful new tool which will help to...

Announcing Multi-Dimensional Scaling (MDS)
Announcing Multi-Dimensional Scaling (MDS)

I'm excited to announce Multi-Dimensional Scaling. We've reimagined and redefined the way enterprises scale a distributed database with Multi-Dimensional Scaling. It's the option to separate, isolate, and scale individual database services – query, index, and data – to improve performance...