Memcached is a data caching platform, which is used to enhance the performance of database-powered sites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. To put it simply, every time a given web page on such a site is opened, the script connects to its database to fetch the information that should be shown to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to visit some other page, the whole procedure is carried out again and this leads to numerous database requests and excessive server load, especially if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these pages is visited again, the script no longer needs to fetch any data from the database, since everything is delivered by the caching platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your site will increase and you will get more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your site much faster. Also, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache if any info in the database is updated, so the visitors will never end up seeing old data.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

Memcached is available as an upgrade with each shared hosting account that we’re offering and in case you wish to use it for any script-based site that you host on our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it in a few simple steps through your Hepsia Control Panel. In the meantime, you will be given the option to upgrade two separate things – the instances and the memory. The first one has to do with the number of the websites that can use Memcached at the same time, so if you need it for several websites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the total amount of memory that Memcached will be allowed to use to cache content, so for numerous websites (or for one single resource-hungry site), you should order more memory for better performance. The memory comes in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be added at any time. With the Memcached caching system, any script-based Internet site hosted on our servers will load faster than the speed of light.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can get the Memcached caching system as an upgrade with each of our semi-dedicated hosting plans and since it works with any script-driven software app, you can use it for every website that you host on our platform, no matter what application you have used – Mambo, Joomla™ or WordPress, a custom app, etc. You can order the upgrade through the respective section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated account, and you can choose two separate features – the 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 Memcached and how much memory the system will be able to use in order to store your information. The two features are offered independently for more freedom and one instance does not come bundled with a particular amount of system memory. You can take full advantage of Memcached with any type of site and both you and your website visitors will swiftly detect the difference in the performance.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached is available by default with all Linux VPS servers ordered with our in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The PHP extension it requires to perform correctly is compiled when the server is set up, so you can start using the distributed memory object caching platform once your brand-new VPS is completely functional. The memory that the Memcached platform can use depends on the particular plan, but even with the less powerful plans, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal exclusively for this platform. This will allow you to increase the performance of multiple sites hosted on the virtual server at the same time and to lower the load even if you’ve got high-demand script-based web pages with many users. The caching platform can be used with any script – Joomla™, Mambo or Drupal™, or a custom one, and you will observe the better overall performance shortly after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

If you acquire any of our Linux dedicated web hosting plans and if you choose Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel on the order page, you will get Memcached by default and you can set it up for each website that you host on your dedicated server without upgrading or installing anything. It will start storing information as users access your Internet site, so you’ll detect the results of using it soon after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the platform is 3 gigabytes and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to take advantage of the platform for a large number of Internet sites or for an extremely large website without weakening its efficacy. The Memcached platform will permit you to boost the load speed of any database-powered site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal diary, an OpenCart e-store, etcetera, and to improve the performance of your server.