The architecture of Couchbase

Couchbase clusters consist of multiple nodes. A cluster is a collection of one or more instances of Couchbase server that are configured as a logical cluster. The following is a Couchbase server architecture diagram:

The architecture of Couchbase

As mentioned earlier, while most of the cluster technologies work on master-slave relationships, Couchbase works on a peer-to-peer node mechanism. This means there is no difference between the nodes in the cluster. The functionality provided by each node is the same. Thus, there is no single point of failure. When there is a failure of one node, another node takes up its responsibility, thus providing high ...

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