Understanding Database Partitioning in CouchDB
Neighbourhoodie Software is a software development company based in Berlin, Germany. We are experts in CouchDB, PouchDB, and Offline First.| neighbourhood.ie
Neighbourhoodie Software is a software development company based in Berlin, Germany. We are experts in CouchDB, PouchDB, and Offline First.| neighbourhood.ie
One of CouchDB’s core features is _scalability._ There are two axis of scalability in CouchDB: 1. Scaling the amount of data stored 2. Scaling the number of requests handled| The Neighbourhoodie Blog
This advice is **only true for CouchDB 3.0.0** or later. [Next week](https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2020/10/06/sharding-reducing-the-number-of-shards/), we’ll cover increasing the number of shards in CouchDB 2.x.| The Neighbourhoodie Blog
In contrast to increasing the number of shards for a database, reducing the number of shards is not a built-in operation. In addition, as shard splitting is only available in CouchDB 3.x and later, this advice is good for version 2.x as well.| The Neighbourhoodie Blog
Need something small quickly? CouchDB is a great choice!| The Neighbourhoodie Blog
CouchDB gives you a lot of freedom when structuring your data — big docs, small docs, a mix of both. To keep your database running smoothly, here’s something you can do to reduce heavy lifting and keep reads, writes, and indexing fast: Keep docs small.| The Neighbourhoodie Blog
Neighbourhoodie Software is a software development company based in Berlin, Germany. We are experts in CouchDB, PouchDB, and Offline First.| neighbourhood.ie
