3. CouchDB Is..
• An Apache Project.
• An Open-Source Document-Oriented Database.
• it uses JSON to store data.
• Written in Erlang.
• CouchDB project was created in April 2005 by Damien Katz.
• CouchDB became an Apache Software Foundation project in 2008.
• In early 2012, Katz left the project to focus on Couchbase Server.
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5. Document Storage
• A CouchDB server hosts named databases, which store documents.
• CouchDB provides a RESTful HTTP API for reading and updating (add, edit, delete) database documents.
• Document fields are uniquely named and contain values of varying types (text, number, boolean, lists, etc).
• The CouchDB document update model is lockless and optimistic.
• CouchDB read operations use a Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC).
• The database never contains partially saved or edited documents.
• Document updates (add, edit, delete) are serialized, except for binary blobs which are written concurrently.
• Documents are indexed in B-trees by their name (DocID) and a Sequence ID.
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6. The CAP Theorem
• Consistency: All database clients see the same data, even with concurrent updates.
• Availability: All database clients are able to access some version of the data.
• Partition tolerance: The database can be split over multiple servers.
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11. Introduction to Replication
• One of CouchDB’s strengths is the ability to synchronize two copies of the same database.
• CouchDB will compare the source and the destination database(Changes Feeds).
• Master - Master replication.
• Local documents are never replicated (non-replicating).
• The document will only be replicated if the filter function returns true.
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12. Migrating Data to Clients
• Cloudant
• PouchDB
• TouchDB
• Couchbase Lite
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