Whitepaper

High-performance applications with distributed caching: Choosing the right solution

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CHALLENGES

Get integrated caching from a complete NoSQL solution

Couchbase excels in rapid caching with its memory-first design, and ensures a comprehensive caching solution by expertly managing other key aspects like synchronization, scalability, and adaptability.

CHALLENGE #1
Management

Couchbase automates syncing and failover recovery in caching across data centers and regions.

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CHALLENGE #2
Scaling

Couchbase balances efficient indexing with scalable, multi-dimensional growth.

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CHALLENGE #3
Flexibility

Couchbase integrates JSON, sub-document ops, and real-time analytics in caching.

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COMPARE

Key caching features of Couchbase vs. the competition

  • What’s included
  • JSON support
  • Sub-document access
  • Real-time analytics
  • Secondary indexing
  • Scalability
  • Multi-dimensional scaling
  • Replication across data centers
  • Container/Kubernetes
  • DBaaS on all major public cloud providers
  • HA replication/failover
  • Couchbase
  • Redis
  • Requires additional module
  • Lacks complex query capabilities
  • Basic indexing, not complex queries
  • Lacks advanced sharding
  • Not fully automatic
  • Memcached
  • Lacks advanced sharding
  • Basic Kubernetes support
  • Oracle Coherence
  • Lacks deep analytics tools
  • Limited capability
CUSTOMERS

Caching success stories

  • "Couchbase is a highly scalable, distributed data store that plays a critical role in LinkedIn’s caching systems."
    Michael Kehoe, Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer, LinkedIn
    10+ million queries per second
    < 4 ms average latency
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  • “Couchbase was able to embrace with us our vision to the cloud, and that we wanted to operate data stores directly on PaaS.”
    Vincent Bersin, Unit Manager, NoSQL Solutions, Amadeus
    20M operations per second
    < 2.5 ms response times
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  • "None of the other solutions came even close to Couchbase’s broad enterprise capabilities."
    Aviram Agmon, CTO, Maccabi Health Care
    2.3 million customers on a single app
    0 downtime for thousands of daily connections
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High-performance applications with caching

Distributed caching enhances app performance, reduces cost, and is scalable

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Resources

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VIDEO
Use case: App performance problems
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DOCUMENTATION
Couchbase’s fully integrated caching layer
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CONCEPT
What is an in-memory database?
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