Company
Date Published
Author
Matthew Groves
Word count
668
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

A Developer Advocate at Couchbase is exploring an innovative approach to demonstrate Couchbase Server's capabilities using portable hardware. Inspired by a project involving Raspberry Pis and Couchbase Lite, the advocate is considering utilizing x64 architecture compute sticks, which are compact devices with sufficient processing power to run Couchbase Server. These compute sticks would enable the creation of a portable cluster that can be easily transported and set up at conferences and meetups. The idea involves using these devices to provide an interactive and tangible demonstration of Couchbase's cluster features, such as node failures and recovery, in a visually engaging manner. Despite the lack of an ARM version of Couchbase Server, the project aims to leverage these compute sticks to create a mobile "cloud in a box" setup for educational and promotional purposes, with plans to document the project's progress through blog updates.