Couchbase Magma Storage Engine

A skill for understanding and tuning the Magma storage engine — Couchbase's LSM-tree-based storage backend optimized for large datasets per node.

When this skill applies

• "Should I use Magma or couchstore for my bucket?"
• "What changed with Magma being the default in 8.0?"
• "What does 128 vBuckets mean vs 1024?"
• "How does Magma handle compaction differently?"
• "How much memory does Magma need?"
• "My write performance is different after upgrading to 8.0"
• "How do I set the storage engine when creating a bucket?"

Magma vs couchstore at a glance