A solid-state drive (SSD) improves the performance of any app running on it compared to a regular hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that an SSD works by using a number of interconnected flash memory modules, so there are no physical parts to move. In contrast, a hard disk functions with spinning disks and any reading or writing process causes the disks to move, meaning the speed of an HDD is fixed. As the cost of the two kinds of drives also differ, lots of computer systems and web servers are provided with an SSD for the OS and various applications, and a hard disk for file storage, this way balancing price and overall performance. An Internet hosting service provider could also use an SSD for caching purposes, thus files that are accessed repeatedly will be saved on such a drive for reaching improved loading speeds and for minimizing the reading/writing processes on the hard-disk drives.

SSD with Data Caching in Shared Hosting

Our top-notch cloud hosting platform employs solely SSD drives, so if you obtain any of our shared hosting solutions, you will take advantage of the speed that these drives provide. We no longer use HDDs, so your files, databases and e-mail messages will all load from quick SSDs. For even improved performance, we also use caching solid-state drives. Multiple drives are used by our system for any file that's accessed often and the data on these drives is dynamically updated to ensure that all of the traffic-intensive files load from them. This way, the load on the main drives is decreased, so we can ensure excellent performance for all sorts of sites no matter how frequently they're accessed and avoid a situation where some websites are affected by too many reading and writing processes created by others. This setup also increases the lifespan of the main drives and decreases the possibility of disk failure.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you sign up for one of our semi-dedicated server plans, we'll hold your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all the databases and emails. This way, your script-driven apps and webmail will load extremely fast. We use dedicated SSDs for caching too. Traffic-intensive site content is cloned automatically on these drives, so we make sure that a few heavy sites that generate plenty of reading and writing processes won't impact the other Internet sites that share the exact same drive. By reducing the overall system load we also boost the lifespan of the main storage disks and reduce the possibility of a disk failure, so by using SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an additional level of stability for your site content.