Item: Couchbase Server
Rating: 8
Author: Glen Kim

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It’s being used by all departments at my current organization. Some teams use it for testing the data collection process and others use it as a bank ATM locator tool since Couchbase supports GIS. There are a few [departments] who will also consider using it for Member 360 as well.

Pros and Cons

Scaleability
No modeling
Performance
Easy usage

History lookup in monitoring
Central monitoring for all clusters

Return on Investment

Fast development cycle
Fast scaling

Scalability

Ease of adding new servers and services on demand.

Performance

Easy indexing creation process

Alternatives Considered

Cassandra

Scalable architecture, data first concept, cross data center replication support, running indexing as a separate service, JSON document makes easy readable format. Also, Couchbase’s integration with Kubernates really opens up a lot of possibilities when it comes down to a DevOps mindset. No need to spend several weeks to provision a new server. Instead using the docker image really [increases] development cycle.

Likelihood to Recommend

Transient data that can be removed after certain timeframe.
It may not be suitable for source of records like member account information that needs to be kept for audit purpose.

Review from kimco

Overall Satisfaction with Couchbase Data Platform