Mark Gamble AWS Communtity Day Midwest 2023 ASC For Really Remote Edge Computing: How AWS Snowball + SpaceX Starlink + Couchbase Capella = more uptime, lower latency and better bandwidth usage for apps at the edge

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How AWS Snowball + SpaceX Starlink + Couchbase Capella
= more uptime, lower latency and better bandwidth usage for apps at the edge
Mark Gamble | Director, Product & Solutions Marketing @ Couchbase
June 15, 2023
ASC For Really Remote
Edge Computing

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Agenda Edge Computing
The ASC Stack
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Latency and bandwidth test results
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1 Edge Computing

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• Slow and unreliable internet connectivity makes real-
time insight impossible
• This slows production and jeopardizes safety
Oil Platform
Problem
• Need apps to monitor high velocity data
coming from sensors and meters

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• Entire crew needs to know inventory and availability
of meals and duty free goods
• Solution must work without internet
Airlines
Problem
• Flight staff needs instant access to
passenger profile information

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• Capture guest data, use it to optimize experience
• Make best use of occasional connectivity and limited
bandwidth
Cruise Lines
Problem
• Need to power guest and crew apps at
sea with unreliable internet

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How do you guarantee speed and uptime for apps
especially when operating in internet dead zones?
With Edge Computing
● Bring data processing to the near side of the network — close to the users who need it
● Embed a database to edge clients, reducing dependencies on distant cloud data centers
● Sync data between the edge and the cloud for consistency and integrity
The Promise Of
Edge Computing
Speed Reliability Privacy
:
Q:
Bandwidth

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SF
West Region
INTERNET
Cloud
Web-Services
Cloud computing architecture
Client

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Cloud
Edge computing architecture
SF
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
Edge SF
ISP, 5G
Client
PAN

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Cloud
Edge
Edge computing architecture
SF
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Cloud
Edge
Edge computing architecture
SF
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Cloud
Edge
Edge computing architecture
SF
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Cloud
Edge
Edge computing architecture
SF
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
NYC
East Region
NYC
Client
PAN

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Edge
Edge computing architecture
SF
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
NYC
East Region
Web-Services
NYC
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Edge
Edge computing architecture
SF
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
NYC
East Region
Web-Services
NYC
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Edge
Edge computing architecture
West Region
INTERNET
Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
East Region
Web-Services
NYC
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Edge computing architecture
West Region
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Web-Services
SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
East Region
Web-Services
NYC
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Edge computing architecture
West Region
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Web-Services
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ISP, 5G
Web-Services
East Region
Web-Services
NYC
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Edge computing architecture
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ISP, 5G
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East Region
Web-Services
NYC
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Client
PAN

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Edge computing architecture
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ISP, 5G
Web-Services
East Region
Web-Services
NYC
Web-Services
Client
PAN

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Edge computing architecture
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ISP, 5G
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East Region
Web-Services
NYC
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Client
PAN

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Edge computing architecture
West Region
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SF
ISP, 5G
Web-Services
East Region
Web-Services
NYC
Web-Services
Client
PAN
Devices running
Couchbase Lite
Couchbase
Running on Edge
and Cloud DCs

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Couchbase mobile and edge stack
Couchbase Server
Scalable, performant
NoSQL Data Platform
Sync Gateway
Secure gateway for data
sync and access control
Full Featured NoSQL
Embedded Database
Couchbase Lite
Fully managed backend that brings the power of Couchbase Mobile’s industry leading offline-first data sync capability to Capella
SELF MANAGED
FULLY MANAGED
FLEXIBLE
DEPLOYMENT
COUCHBASE
MOBILE
STACK
Public Cloud Private Cloud On Prem
Cloud Edge

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Capella App Services
DBaaS App Services
Websockets
REST
Couchbase Lite Couchbase Lite
Mobile, Desktop, Embedded Apps
OFFLINE FIRST
SYNC
Secure
Data Sync
Browser, Desktop, Mobile Apps
Couchbase Lite
CLOUD DATA
ACCESS
Secure
Public Data
Access
Mobile, Desktop Apps
Couchbase Lite
Couchbase Lite
PEER-TO-PEER WITH
CLOUD SYNC
Secure
Data Sync
Sync Gateway
Couchbase Server

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2 “ASC” For Edge
Computing
AWS Snowball + SpaceX Starlink + Couchbase

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A database that
syncs between
the cloud and
edge
A network
connecting the
cloud and the
edge
An edge
compute
environment
A cloud
compute
environment
To build an edge architecture that works anywhere,
you need four fundamental system components:

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Couchbase
Capella
To build an edge architecture that works anywhere,
you need four fundamental system components:
SpaceX
Starlink
AWS
Snowball
AWS
Region

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Test scenario
Independent test by Couchbase Engineering, intended to measure the difference in
overall response times and bandwidth usage when accessing a web-service:
1. Backed by Couchbase database
2. Deployed in AWS US East Region vs AWS Snowball device
The Environment:
● Cloud: Couchbase Capella App Services deployed on AWS East Region
● Edge: Couchbase Server, Sync Gateway deployed on AWS Snowball device
● Internet: Starlink
● Client: Macbook Pro on LAN

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Testing the stack
Architecture

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Test 1: Write 1,000 new docs to the Snowball Edge over a wired local
area network (LAN) and measure the amount of data transferred and
latency per operation.
Test 2: Sync the 1,000 new docs from Snowball to Capella over Starlink
and measure the amount of data transferred and complete time to
transfer.
Test 3: Write 1,000 new docs to Capella over Starlink and measure the
amount of data transferred and latency per operation.
Test 4: Sync the 1,000 new docs from Capella to Snowball over Starlink
and measure the amount of data transferred and complete time to
transfer.
Tests
Testing the stack

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3 ASC stack latency and
bandwidth test results

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Results
Latency and bandwidth improvements using ASC stack
98%
reduction in latency
Latency (MS) - edge vs cloud Total data volume sent over Starlink (bytes)
42%
reduction in data over network

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Cloud
Edge
Why is the ASC stack best for really remote edge apps?
App User
AWS Region
STARLINK
Web-Services
AWS Snowball
LAN
Web-Services
Client Less distance
for data to travel
= lower latency
Sync data is highly
compressed
(cross-record compression, delta
compression, batching, filtering, etc)
It reduces the
amount of data
sent over the
network…
…and it makes
apps perform
faster

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Couchbase
Capella
The ASC Stack supports MANY use cases…
SpaceX
Starlink
AWS
Snowball
AWS
Region

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Energy

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Airlines

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Cruise Lines

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Couchbase Capella supports AWS Edge Services
Reference architectures and deployments:
● AWS Local Zones, AWS Wavelength, AWS Outposts
Certification:
● “Service Ready” for AWS Outposts
Proven Results:
● Couchbase latency tests on AWS Availability Zone vs
AWS Wavelength Zone showed amazing results!
AWS
Outpost
AWS
Wavelength
AWS
Local Zones
5G
On-Prem
Metro Areas
AWS
Snowball
AWS
Snowcone
AWS
Snowmobile

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Q&A

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