Memcached is a famous data caching platform, which can improve the loading speed and the overall performance of your sites significantly if they use an API or a database. This is achieved by caching the requests to the API/database and the responses that are returned, so if a client conducts a search for a certain product on your site, for example, the database will not have to be accessed to show the results and the entire operation will be completed considerably quicker. This is valid for all kinds of database-powered applications and not only for shopping portals, as every time a given page is opened, the application sends a query to its database to fetch the data that should be displayed. With Memcached, not only will your website open much faster, but it will also produce much less load. If any content in the database is changed, the cached replies will also be updated, so the users won’t see any old info.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

When you host script-powered websites in a shared hosting account with our company, you can add the Memcached caching system to your web hosting plan with just a couple of clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantly and, since the required extension is already installed on our advanced cloud platform, you can start using it right away. To give you more versatility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of system memory that Memcached will use. The latter is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you like. Naturally, the more memory Memcached is permitted to use, the more data it will cache, so in case you manage a resource-absorbing site with lots of data, you may need more memory so as to be able to make the most of the power that Memcached can offer you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can get the Memcached caching system as an upgrade with all our semi-dedicated hosting plans and since it works with any script-based application, you can use it for any Internet site that you host on our semi-dedicated servers, no matter what application you have used – Mambo, Joomla™ or WordPress, a custom-created app, etc. You can add the upgrade through the respective section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated server account, and you can select two separate things – the instances and the amount of memory that they will use. In simple terms, these things specify how many websites will use the Memcached caching system and the amount of system memory that the system will be able to use to store your content. The two things are ordered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come bundled with a particular amount of memory. You can make full use of the Memcached system with any kind of website and both you and your website visitors will quickly spot the difference in the performance.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached comes as standard with all VPS hosting plans that are ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The PHP extension it requires so as to perform properly is compiled when the Virtual Private Server is set up, so you can begin using the distributed memory caching platform as soon as your brand new Virtual Private Server is completely functional. The memory that the Memcached caching platform can use depends on the particular VPS plan, but even with the less powerful plans, you will get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal exclusively for this platform. This will permit you to increase the overall performance of multiple websites hosted on the Virtual Private Server at the same time and to decrease the load on the machine even if you’ve got data-loaded script-driven web portals with plenty of visitors. The platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Drupal™ or Joomla™, or a custom script, and you will notice the faster overall performance shortly after you begin using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Memcached comes for free with all Linux dedicated servers that we’re offering and the sole requirement is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the distributed memory caching system for any database-powered Internet site, including those based on popular web-based applications – for instance, a WordPress personal blog or a Joomla™-driven social networking site. Each dedicated machine is tied to a specific amount of system memory that the Memcached system can use, but the minimum you’ll get is three gigabytes, which is quite enough to optimize the loading speed of extremely heavy websites seriously, as this very memory will be dedicated to storing the cached information. The system will start storing data once it’s activated, so shortly after that, you’ll see the enhanced performance of your sites and the decreased load. Many sites use Memcached to improve their efficiency, including popular ones such as Wikipedia and Reddit.