{"id":3590,"date":"2017-05-22T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T22:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2023-06-19T02:20:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:20:19","slug":"whats-new-in-5beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re excited to pull back the curtain on the beta release of Couchbase Server 5.0. With this release, Couchbase provides the world\u2019s first Engagement Database, built on the most powerful NoSQL technology. This platform delivers unparalleled performance at any scale, while providing unmatched agility and manageability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To meet the requirements of an Engagement Database, this beta release comes with new key capabilities that further strengthen our core characteristics of agility, performance, and manageability.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Full-text search <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Powerful indexing &amp; querying <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secure platform<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Performance, scalability, and high-availability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enhanced management, developer tools <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Big data connectors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With these additions and much more, Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta is a huge release that packs a massive punch for enterprises looking to transform their digital business.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/nosql-databases\/downloads\/\">Download Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What&#8217;s new in 5.0 Beta?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s dive right in!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Full-text Search &#8211; built right in <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Need to enable flexible and powerful Search capabilities?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0No digital application is complete without <strong>search<\/strong>. With 5.0, Couchbase search is becoming an integral part of the scalable data platform. Full-text search (FTS) provides the ability to index Couchbase documents and query them rapidly using a variety of indexing methods, text analyzers, and languages \u2013 without leaving the Couchbase Data Platform and without duplicating any data. The search index gets in-memory updates as the data changes. To learn more about FTS, see <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/fts\/full-text-intro.html#topic_kp4_qth_t5\">Full-text search reference<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secure Platform<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For digital applications, being compliant is <em>not just nice-to-have, but a <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">must-have<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Built on the role-based access control (RBAC) security model from 4.5, <\/span><b>RBAC for applications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 5.0 Beta allows you to segregate access and closely align user roles in Couchbase with the actual roles they hold within your organization. This allows your application services and users to access the information they need &#8211; nothing more, nothing less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bottom line is that with RBAC for applications you are now closer to meeting your security compliance requirements. To learn more, read about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/security\/security-authorization.html#authorization\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RBAC in our documentation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3603 size-medium_large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2-768x469.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2-1024x626.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2-1536x938.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2-20x12.png 20w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2-1320x806.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Security-Image2.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Powerful indexing, querying, and search<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta adds a unique new way to provide ad hoc search queries through N1QL. <strong>Adaptive indexes<\/strong> can efficiently look up any of the indexed fields \u2013 without requiring you to create multiple composite indexes or different index key combinations! For more information, read about <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/n1ql\/n1ql-language-reference\/adaptive-indexing.html#untitled1\">adaptive indexes in our documentation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"\">CREATE INDEX `aidx_self` ON `travel-sample`((distinct (PAIRS(self))));\r\n\r\nEXPLAIN SELECT * FROM `travel-sample` USE INDEX(aidx_self) WHERE (city LIKE \"San%\") and type = 'airport';<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Want to identify a long-running query and tune your query performance?<\/strong> With Couchbase Server 5.0, you get a detailed visual query plan with <strong>execution timing and other query monitoring statistics<\/strong> that provide detailed insights into the query execution process. Check our documentation to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/monitoring\/monitoring-n1ql-query.html#topic_nvs_ghr_dz\">how you can monitor your N1QL queries<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Want to join external data with the data stored in Couchbase?<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whether it\u2019s social data, map data, or any other JSON data on the web, now there\u2019s a way with <strong>N1QL CURL<\/strong> to interact with it, and integrate to build powerful applications. Check our documentation to learn more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/n1ql\/n1ql-language-reference\/curl.html#topic_8_8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">N1QL CURL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Performance, scalability, and high availability<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the very beginning, performance has been one of the key reasons why enterprises have chosen Couchbase for mission-critical applications. With 5.0 Beta we have continued to push the boundaries even further to provide you with unparalleled performance at any scale!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Want better performance at a much lower cost?<\/strong> Now, with the new <strong>ephemeral buckets<\/strong> feature in Couchbase 5.0 Beta, you can reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) by eliminating the disk component for your Couchbase buckets, and get highly consistent in-memory performance without disk-based fluctuations. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/architecture\/core-data-access-buckets.html#concept_qqk_4r2_xs\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.38-PM-300x56.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.38-PM-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.38-PM-768x143.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.38-PM-20x4.png 20w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.38-PM.png 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For a mission-critical Engagement Database, robust failure detection and recovery are key. The new fast-failover feature in Couchbase 5.0 Beta provides a robust failure detection mechanism to reduce the time window of a failure detection from 30 seconds to less than 10 seconds. This means, increased 9\u2019s of availability for your application. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/clustersetup\/automatic-failover.html#topic_fcf_chm_zs\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.44-PM-300x128.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.44-PM-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.44-PM-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.44-PM-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-5.58.44-PM.png 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Couchbase 5.0 Beta, you can not only create <strong>indexes<\/strong> to speed up and scale queries to a new level, but also enjoy better <strong>index availability and manageability<\/strong>. Just specify the number of index replicas to create, and the system will dynamically manage the placements of the index replicas across different nodes, server groups, and availability zones. Couchbase Server 5.0 also brings support for rebalancing indexes without any system downtime. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/gsi-replicas-rebalancing\/\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5.0 Beta also adds several other <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/performance\/index_pushdowns.html#index_pushdowns\">N1QL performance enhancements<\/a>. Some of the notable ones are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indexing and querying on meta() fields<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Complex predicate pushdowns<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pagination pushdowns\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Operator pushdown<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enhanced management &amp; developer tools<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you launch Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta, you will notice a modern web console interface that is engineered for intelligence, comfort, and speed. This redesigned interface offers a new look and streamlines your common tasks and workflows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3606 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-1024x774.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-1536x1162.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-2048x1549.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-20x15.png 20w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Cluster-Run-1320x998.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Find it hard to read JSON or text-based N1QL query plans?<\/b> 5.0 Beta has the answer \u2013 he visual query plan feature has arrived!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3607 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM-1024x471.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM-1536x706.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM-1320x607.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.03.09-PM.png 1862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>visual query plan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> feature provides a graphical representation of the query execution process as data flows visually from one query operator to another, highlighting the most expensive operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can also use <\/span><b>query monitoring<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to see currently active queries and how long they\u2019ve been running, to view the longest running completed queries, and see statistics on the execution of prepared queries.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3608 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM-1024x504.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM-1536x757.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM-20x10.png 20w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM-1320x650.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-22-at-6.04.54-PM.png 1636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For building applications with Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta as fast as possible we have <strong>updated our SDKs<\/strong> to support many of the new critical features you\u2019ve seen above \u2013 including RBAC, fast failover, ephemeral buckets, and full-text search. We\u2019ve also introduced many other language-specific improvements, as well as improved <strong>integration with Spring Data<\/strong> and <strong>.NET Core support<\/strong>. For more information, check out the release notes of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/server\/other-products\/release-notes-archives\/dotnet-sdk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">each language<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Couchbase 5.0 Beta also provides <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/current\/connectors\/spark-2.1\/spark-intro.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">integrations with Spark 2.1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and a developer preview connector for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/couchbaselabs\/talend-components\/blob\/rel-0.16\/README.md\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Talend Open Studio 6.3.1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Dig deeper!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have just scratched the surface of Couchbase Server 5.0 with the capabilities mentioned above and there are many more. Our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/introduction\/whats-new.html\"> new 5.0 documentation<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">will help you to dig deeper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OK! How do I get my hands on 5.0 beta?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Remember this before you take the plunge:<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is a beta version of Couchbase Server 5.0 and is intended for development purposes only. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To use 5.0 Beta, you need to do a fresh install. This release is not supported in production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We consider beta releases to have some rough edges and bugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, the release is still under active development, which means that<br \/>\n<\/span><b><i>you<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can have a big impact on the final version of the product by providing feedback and observations.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is easy to get your hands on the beta:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Download Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta from our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/downloads\/\">download page<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking to develop in Java, .Net, Node.js, PHP, or other languages with native SDKs? Download the latest SDK version under the \u201cclient libraries\u201d section on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/nosql-databases\/downloads\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">downloads<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t forget to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.couchbase.com\/documentation\/server\/5.0\/release-notes\/relnotes.html\">5.0 Beta release notes<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finally, good luck building your applications with Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta, and we look forward to your valuable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/forums\/\">feedback<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to pull back the curtain on the beta release of Couchbase Server 5.0. With this release, Couchbase provides the world\u2019s first Engagement Database, built on the most powerful NoSQL technology. This platform delivers unparalleled performance at any scale, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1816],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8972],"class_list":["post-3590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-couchbase-server"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta - The Couchbase Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the new features in Couchbase server beta to strengthen our core characteristics of agility, performance, and manageability.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out the new features in Couchbase server beta to strengthen our core characteristics of agility, performance, and manageability.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Couchbase Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-22T22:21:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-19T09:20:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eb130a1e0278989e089a7fbbf8bc754c\"},\"headline\":\"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-22T22:21:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-19T09:20:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/\"},\"wordCount\":1138,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Couchbase Server\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/\",\"name\":\"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta - The Couchbase Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-22T22:21:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-19T09:20:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Check out the new features in Couchbase server beta to strengthen our core characteristics of agility, performance, and manageability.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Couchbase Blog\",\"description\":\"Couchbase, the NoSQL Database\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Couchbase Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/admin-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/admin-logo.png\",\"width\":218,\"height\":34,\"caption\":\"The Couchbase Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eb130a1e0278989e089a7fbbf8bc754c\",\"name\":\"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/39c6d6178c73f0dc09af63f930a4f37d\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/574759a111515cb8c5d5a1f5268d2759050bd8383654dc0d9393324f0c35fae0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/574759a111515cb8c5d5a1f5268d2759050bd8383654dc0d9393324f0c35fae0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase\"},\"description\":\"Don Pinto is a Principal Product Manager at Couchbase and is currently focused on advancing the capabilities of Couchbase Server. He is extremely passionate about data technology, and in the past has authored several articles on Couchbase Server including technical blogs and white papers. Prior to joining Couchbase, Don spent several years at IBM where he maintained the role of software developer in the DB2 information management group and most recently as a program manager on the SQL Server team at Microsoft. Don holds a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's in computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/author\/don-pinto\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta - The Couchbase Blog","description":"Check out the new features in Couchbase server beta to strengthen our core characteristics of agility, performance, and manageability.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta","og_description":"Check out the new features in Couchbase server beta to strengthen our core characteristics of agility, performance, and manageability.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/","og_site_name":"The Couchbase Blog","article_published_time":"2017-05-22T22:21:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-19T09:20:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/"},"author":{"name":"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eb130a1e0278989e089a7fbbf8bc754c"},"headline":"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta","datePublished":"2017-05-22T22:21:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-19T09:20:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/"},"wordCount":1138,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png","articleSection":["Couchbase Server"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/","url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/","name":"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta - The Couchbase Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png","datePublished":"2017-05-22T22:21:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-19T09:20:19+00:00","description":"Check out the new features in Couchbase server beta to strengthen our core characteristics of agility, performance, and manageability.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2017\/05\/Homepage-banner-Blog-LP-banner-compressor.png","width":2000,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-5beta\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Announcing Couchbase Server 5.0 Beta"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/","name":"The Couchbase Blog","description":"Couchbase, the NoSQL Database","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"The Couchbase Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/admin-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/admin-logo.png","width":218,"height":34,"caption":"The Couchbase Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/eb130a1e0278989e089a7fbbf8bc754c","name":"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/39c6d6178c73f0dc09af63f930a4f37d","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/574759a111515cb8c5d5a1f5268d2759050bd8383654dc0d9393324f0c35fae0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/574759a111515cb8c5d5a1f5268d2759050bd8383654dc0d9393324f0c35fae0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase"},"description":"Don Pinto is a Principal Product Manager at Couchbase and is currently focused on advancing the capabilities of Couchbase Server. He is extremely passionate about data technology, and in the past has authored several articles on Couchbase Server including technical blogs and white papers. Prior to joining Couchbase, Don spent several years at IBM where he maintained the role of software developer in the DB2 information management group and most recently as a program manager on the SQL Server team at Microsoft. Don holds a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's in computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada.","url":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/author\/don-pinto\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":8972,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"don-pinto","display_name":"Don Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/574759a111515cb8c5d5a1f5268d2759050bd8383654dc0d9393324f0c35fae0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","last_name":"Pinto, Principal Product Manager, Couchbase","first_name":"Don","job_title":"","user_url":"","description":"Don Pinto is a Principal Product Manager at Couchbase and is currently focused on advancing the capabilities of Couchbase Server. He is extremely passionate about data technology, and in the past has authored several articles on Couchbase Server including technical blogs and white papers. Prior to joining Couchbase, Don spent several years at IBM where he maintained the role of software developer in the DB2 information management group and most recently as a program manager on the SQL Server team at Microsoft. Don holds a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's in computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3590"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}