Monitoring CouchDB performance with Datadog

Apache CouchDB is an open source NoSQL database designed for the web and stores data in JSON format. It can be accessed and queried via HTTP request and supports complex document indexing and view updating using JavaScript. CouchDB guarantees eventual consistency, making it globally scalable and suitable for many types of public-facing web/mobile apps. Datadog enhances CouchDB monitoring by providing real-time and historical metrics on request traffic, latency, and read/write workload from all CouchDB servers in one place. Monitoring CouchDB throughput and workload can provide insights into database activity and host health. Datadog also helps determine when it's time to compact a bloated database by tracking its size in real-time. Additionally, monitoring the authentication cache can alert for possible unauthorized access attempts.