Getting Started with Couchbase Server

Do you know what to do if your web application goes viral and usage suddenly explodes? This concise guide introduces you to Couchbase Server, an extremely fast NoSQL database that automatically distributes data across a cluster of commodity servers or virtual machines. You’ll learn hands-on how to build a Couchbase cluster without changing your application, and how to expand your database on the fly without interrupting service.Discover how this open source server can help your application gain scalability and performance.Learn how the server’s architecture affects the way you build and deploy your databaseStore data without defining a data structure—and retrieve it without complex queries or query languagesUse a formula to estimate your cluster size requirementsSet up individual nodes through a browser, command line, or REST APIEnable your application to read and write data with sub-millisecond latency through managed object cachingGet a quick guide to building applications that integrate Couchbase’s core protocolIdentify problems in your cluster with the web consoleExpand or shrink your cluster, handle failovers, and back up data