CouchDB: Design for Replication
It is not only about scaling CouchDB, or technological support through BigCouch, or ☞ server topology and replication rules, but also about ☞ data modeling:
Whilst CouchDB includes replication and a conflict-flagging mechanism, this is not the whole story for building an application which replicates in a way which users expect.
Original title and link: CouchDB: Design for Replication (NoSQL databases © myNoSQL)