Couchbase Announces Availability of Couchbase Server 2.2 NoSQL Document Database

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 13, 2013  – Couchbase, a leader in NoSQL database technology and the company behind the Couchbase open source project, today announced the availability of Couchbase Server 2.2, the latest release of its NoSQL document-oriented database. Today’s release further strengthens Couchbase’s leadership in scalability, performance and always-on reliability for enterprises deployed on large clusters both within and across data centers.

Couchbase Server 2.2 includes significant improvements across several areas critical to enterprise customers. Customers adopting NoSQL specifically look for seamless cross cluster support and by using Couchbase can setup cross cluster replication with just a few clicks. Cross Data Center Replication (XDCR) is a key differentiator for Couchbase, with large enterprises choosing Couchbase as the NoSQL database of choice for their most demanding web and mobile applications. In particular, this release adds a dramatic improvement in performance and resource utilization for XDCR.

Highlights of this release include:

• XDCR Optimization
  • Advanced cross data center replication optimization provides a new version of the protocol directly utilizing the memcached protocol, resulting in significantly improved throughput across clusters with lower resource utilization.
• Administration, Monitoring and Manageability
  • Updated cbHealthChecker utility monitors the health of a cluster and provides advanced diagnostic capabilities, including information about capacity planning.
  • New administrative utility cbrecovery provides granular cluster recovery capabilities using data from remote Couchbase clusters.
• Security
  • Read-only administration through the Couchbase Admin Console and the REST API designed for enterprise operations teams.
  • Delegated non-root and non-sudo administration, particularly important for development and testing within the enterprise.

Supporting Quotes

•  “Couchbase is being used by the largest companies in the world for their most critical web and mobile applications. This release further differentiates Couchbase as the NoSQL database of choice for customers that depend on the scalability, performance and reliability we deliver both within and between data centers.” – Rahim Yaseen, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Couchbase

Additional Resources:

• Visit community portal for developers
• Download Couchbase Server 2.2
• Follow @Couchbase on Twitter
• Read Couchbase Anil Kumar’s blog