About Gannett and Couchbase
Gannett is one of America’s largest media companies, with systems that are accessed by 96 million visitors per month. The company began considering NoSQL when they experienced network outages and replication issues with SQL Server. Moreover, Gannett wanted a more portable infrastructure at a lower cost. After evaluating several of the top NoSQL players including MongoDB and Cassandra, Gannett chose Couchbase due to its memory-first architecture. Currently, Gannett plans to redesign its architecture in favor of using Couchbase which will support higher read/write speeds, greater scale and access, and cost a fraction of their previous annual spend. Gannett runs Couchbase on Amazon Web Services.
We wanted a fast key-value store and they had similar approaches in terms of how they manage buckets and documents, but it really came down to the ‘memory first’ architecture of Couchbase, which will allow us to consolidate caching down into this layer.
Kristopher Alexander Platform Architecture Lead, Gannett
About Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) is a new kind of media company committed to strengthening communities across the nation. Through trusted, compelling content and unmatched local-to-national reach, the company touches the lives of more than 100 million people monthly. With more than 100 markets internationally, it is known for Pulitzer Prize-winning newsrooms, powerhouse brands such as USA TODAY and specialized media properties.
Watch Gannett Presentations
Why Gannett moved from MongoDB to Couchbase
Kristopher Alexander, Gannett
Alon Motro, Gannett
How Gannett Achieved Scalability and Agility with NoSQL
Kristopher Alexander, Gannett
Alon Motro, Gannett