Memcached is a data caching platform, which is used to enhance the performance of database-powered websites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. To put it simply, anytime a certain web page on such a website is accessed, the script connects to its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the website visitor. If the latter clicks on a link to open another web page, the whole procedure is repeated and this generates lots of database calls and high server load, especially if the website has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is visited again, the script no longer has to fetch any info from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your site will increase and you’ll enjoy more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your website much faster. Moreover, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache whenever any info in the database is altered, so the website visitors will never wind up seeing old data.

Memcached in Cloud Hosting

When you host script-based websites in a cloud hosting account with our company, you’ll be able to add the Memcached content caching system to your shared web hosting plan with only a couple of clicks of the mouse from your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available momentarily and, since the PHP extension needed for it is pre-installed on our leading-edge cloud website hosting platform, you can start using it right away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many Internet sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of memory that Memcached will use. The latter is available in increments of 16 megabytes and you can add as much memory as you like. Logically, the more memory Memcached is permitted to use, the more content it will cache, so in case you’ve got a busy site with lots of content, you may need more memory so as to be able to make full use of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can get the Memcached caching system as an optional upgrade with each of our semi-dedicated packages and since it works with any script-powered web app, you can use it for each site that you host on our semi-dedicated servers, regardless of what application you have used – WordPress, Joomla™ or Mambo, a custom-built app, etc. You can add the upgrade from the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two separate features – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. To put it simply, these things define the number of the sites that will use the Memcached caching system and how much system memory the system will be able to use in order to store your information. The two features are offered separately for more freedom and one instance does not come bundled with a particular amount of system memory. You can make use of the Memcached system with any kind of website and both you and your site visitors will swiftly notice the difference in the overall performance.

Memcached in VPS Web Hosting

Memcached comes by default with all Linux VPS web hosting packages ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The extension it needs in order to perform properly is compiled when the virtual server is set up, so you can begin using the caching platform the moment your brand-new virtual server is completely functional. The system memory that the Memcached caching platform can employ depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the lower-end ones, you will get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will permit you to boost the performance of numerous sites hosted on the Virtual Private Server at the same time and to lower the load even if you manage large script-driven sites with many users. The Memcached caching platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Drupal™ or Joomla™, or a custom-built one, and you will notice the faster performance shortly after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting

Any dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using the caching system once your server is fully functional, without needing to upgrade or activate anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can use depends on the server that you have chosen, but since our servers are incredibly powerful and due to the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-heavy websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be three gigabytes. This will enable you to improve the overall performance of very popular websites without effort and you will detect the difference soon after the Memcached system starts caching database requests. You can take advantage of the caching system with any database-powered website, including those that are based on famous Content Management Systems such as Joomla™ and WordPress.