Couchbase Reduces Latency by 80% for Distributed Database Solutions Using AWS Local Zones
Key Highlights
80%
reduction in latency of web services400%
increase in throughput compared with competitors90%
lower costs compared with competitorsOverview
Couchbase serves enterprises with its distributed NoSQL document database, which is designed for high performance, scalability, and flexibility and powers mission-critical applications for Fortune 100 leaders across industries. Because distributed databases need edge compute for optimal performance, companies wishing to access Couchbase’s distributed databases with low latency had to manage their own data centers, on premises or in a colocation. That model had physical limitations in addition to being cost prohibitive, time-consuming, and operationally complex.
Many of Couchbase’s customers already used Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build and manage applications in their portfolios. When AWS introduced AWS Local Zones—which make it possible to run applications on AWS infrastructure closer to end users and workloads—Couchbase saw the new deployment method as an excellent alternative way for its customers to build applications using its distributed database solutions while reducing latency. One of the factors that impacts latency is the physical distance between cloud infrastructure and applications, and Local Zones extend compute infrastructure to large metropolitan areas from AWS Regions. In a series of performance tests, Couchbase was able to reduce latency for its distributed database solutions by 80 percent using Local Zones. Now, the company can lower the barrier to entry of edge computing for its customers and enhance the performance of their applications.

About Couchbase
Founded in 2011, Couchbase’s mission is to empower enterprises to develop, deploy, and run mission-critical applications anywhere by delivering a high-performance, flexible, and scalable modern database.
Figure 1.
Comparing latency on an AWS Availability Zone and Local Zone

What excites us most about AWS Local Zones is how easy it makes it to get the advantages of edge computing.
Wayne Carter
Vice President of Engineering, CouchbaseAWS Services Used
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