add couchdb backup docs

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diff --git a/pages/docs/platform/services/couchdb.md b/pages/docs/platform/services/couchdb.md
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@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ Beware that this returns the uncompacted disk size (see http://wiki.apache.org/c
 
 ## Use plain couchdb instead of bigcouch
 
+Be aware that latest stable couchdb 1.6 cannot be clustered like bigcouch, so you can use this only if you have a single couchdb node.
+
 Use this in your couchdb node config:
 
     "couch": {
@@ -150,3 +152,16 @@ Use this in your couchdb node config:
       "pwhash_alg": "pbkdf2"
     }
 
+Local couch data dumps
+======================
+
+You can let one or more nodes do a nightly couchdb data dump adding this to your node config:
+
+    "couch": {
+      "backup": true
+    }
+
+Data will get dumped to `/var/backups/couchdb`.
+
+Be aware that this will gather all data possibly shared over multiple nodes on one node.
+