A solid-state drive is noticeably quicker than any standard hard disk. It is because a hard-disk drive works by using rotating disks, that can rotate only so fast and the more data is read and written, the slower and hotter they become, whereas an SDD takes advantage of modules of flash memory, hence there aren't any actually moving parts. The access speeds for an SSD are drastically higher, which makes this kind of drives a recommended solution in case speed is needed. This is the reason why SSDs are frequently used for the Operating System on a computer system and for saving data which is used often on web servers. A lot of service providers also use a combination of both drives, so they save the data on hard-disks, but they use a couple of solid-state drives so as to cache the more often used data and because of this, the data loads much quicker while the load on the HDDs is decreased because their disks have to spin less frequently to read and write.

SSD with Data Caching in Shared Hosting

The cloud platform where we create shared hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web apps and static Internet sites will load very fast. The SSDs are used for files, email addresses and databases, so no matter if you load a page or check for new e-mail messages with webmail, the content will load quickly. So as to ensure even higher speeds, we also use a number of dedicated SSDs which work only as cache. All of the content that generates a lot of traffic is copied on them automatically and is afterwards read from them and not from the main storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for better efficiency. What we achieve this way except for the improved speed is lowered overall load, thus lower possibility of hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the main drives, which is one more level of protection for any information that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you purchase one of our semi-dedicated server plans, your sites will be stored on a cloud platform which uses exclusively SSD drives for the storing of files, databases and e-mail messages. Together with the advanced ZFS file system that we use, this configuration provides fast loading speed for any web application hosted on our end. To guarantee that the Internet sites of one user will not affect the ones of another, we also use a number of SSDs as cache - our system identifies files that are accessed more frequently and clones them, so they start loading from the caching drives. The content on the latter is refreshed dynamically and for that reason we can balance the load on all drives, ensure their long life-span, decrease the risk of disk failures and, of course, provide a fast and reliable Internet hosting service.