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Couchbase launched Couchbase Edge Server, an offline-first, lightweight database server and sync solution designed to provide low latency data access, consolidation, storage and processing for applications in resource-constrained edge environments.

Couchbase Edge Server is a lightweight server built for resource-constrained edge hardware while delivering performance regardless of internet connectivity.

Couchbase Edge Server is built on the Couchbase Lite core engine, an AI-ready embedded database which customers rely on for running critical applications on hundreds of thousands of client devices. The Edge Server is deployed as a standalone server and provides support for a simple access interface for local client access. It delivers offline-first benefits through seamless synchronization – downstream with Couchbase Lite-based edge clients and upstream to Couchbase Capella and self-managed Couchbase instances.

“While businesses are rapidly expanding to the edge, they’re finding that relying solely on cloud or local infrastructure falls short,” said Matt McDonough, SVP of product and partners at Couchbase. “Couchbase Edge Server elegantly solves this dilemma, making it ideal for edge deployments where connectivity, space, power and computing capacity are constrained. We’re empowering organizations to run applications at the edge with confidence, knowing they can access their data at any time without compromising on reliability and performance.”

Couchbase Edge Server enables organizations to run edge applications efficiently on as little as one gigabyte of RAM on a single board computer, supporting from tens to hundreds of client devices. This small footprint dramatically reduces the cost barriers of edge deployments across many locations, including fast food restaurants, warehouses and retail chains, by serving communities of web and mobile clients at each location through a local database backend.

Customers benefit from:

- Real-time data synchronization across all edge servers, enabling seamless connectivity between edge locations and Couchbase Capella, supporting both multi-edge server deployments and primary-backup configurations.

- Uninterrupted data access through a RESTful interface, allowing applications to operate offline and automatically update when connectivity returns.

- Multi-layered security and authentication controls, protecting edge data through encrypted communications, certificate-based validation and granular access management – ensuring enterprise-grade security at every endpoint.

Couchbase Edge Server is available now.