Couchbase has launched its new product, the Couchbase Autonomous Operator 1.0, aiming to ensure its enterprise-grade performance and production readiness, particularly when deployed on Kubernetes. This blog post details performance results from YCSB Performance Benchmark tests conducted on Couchbase Server 5.5 using the Autonomous Operator on Kubernetes, addressing enterprise concerns about database performance on this platform. The tests compared two workloads, YCSB A and E, on Kubernetes versus bare metal, revealing that Workload A had comparable performance, while Workload E experienced less than 10% degradation on Kubernetes. The setup involved seven servers with specific resource allocations, and the results highlight that Couchbase Server 5.5 is production-ready for Kubernetes, with minimal performance penalties compared to bare metal deployments.