i am currently building a website around a couchbase database and if it gets popular it is likely that i will be hosting the site and database on more than 2 machines at some stage in the future. its a fair way off still, so i would like some information to help me decide which direction to go from here. my questions are:
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does anybody know if i am allowed to deploy the free edition (ce) of couchbase on more than 2 nodes? if the answer varies depending on the version then please could you tell me which version permits this (if any).
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if it is not possible to deploy the the free version of couchbase on more than 2 nodes then could someone explain whether this is prevented by software, or by law?
i found the following statement on the couchbase website:
Community Edition (CE) are best for non-commercial developers, where
taking some time to figure out or resolve issues doesn’t result in
major problems. There are no constraints on using these binaries on
production systems
which makes it sound like the software can be installed on as many machines as desired in production without a requirement to pay, but then another couchbase page reads:
Looking for the free version? Our Enterprise Edition Free version
offers the full functionality of Couchbase Server, with free unlimited
use in development and up to two nodes in a production cluster.
so i’m confused. maybe this last one is just referring to the cost of support and not any cost associated with the software itself?
You can deploy Community Edition on 2 nodes and more. Restrictions exist only for Enterprise Edition:
http://www.couchbase.com/couchbase-support