Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which is used to boost the performance of database-driven Internet sites by caching the queries and the replies between the user and the server. To put it differently, anytime a specific web page on such a site is opened, the script sends a database query to fetch the info that should be shown to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to open some other web page, the entire operation is repeated and this generates a lot of database requests and high load on the server, especially if the website has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these pages is visited again, the script no longer needs to extract any data from the database, as everything is provided by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall speed of your website will "soar" and you will get more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to browse your site faster. What’s more, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache when any content in the database is changed, so the website visitors will never end up seeing outdated content.
Memcached in Shared Web Hosting
You can take advantage of the Memcached distributed memory caching system with all shared web hosting offered by us. It is offered as an optional upgrade, which you can add with just a few clicks from your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It needs a PHP extension, which is already installed on our cloud web hosting platform, so you can start using the Memcached caching system as soon as you add it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more versatility depending on the Internet sites that you’d like to use it for. The first one defines the number of the sites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the ‘instances’, while the second one refers to the memory, in other words – to how much content the system will be able to cache. You can add more system memory in increments of 16 MB and the more memory you’ve added, the more data will be cached, which may be a good idea for frequently visited sites with very large databases and plenty of users. Thus, you can accelerate the overall performance of any script-based site hosted on our cloud servers with ease.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can get the Memcached distributed memory object caching system as an upgrade with all our semi-dedicated servers and since it works with any script-powered application, you can use it for each website that you host on our platform, regardless of what app you have used – Joomla™, WordPress or Mambo, a custom-created app, etc. You can add the upgrade via the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two different features – the instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. In other words, these things specify the number of the websites that will use Memcached and how much system memory the system will be able to use to store your info. The two features are offered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a fixed amount of system memory. You can make full use of the Memcached system with any kind of website and both you and the site visitors will swiftly see the difference in the overall performance.
Memcached in VPS Servers
You will get Memcached with each of the VPS server plans offered by our company in case you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the distributed memory object caching platform via the Control Panel section with the exact same name. The configuration requires several clicks of the mouse and you will see the difference in the performance of your Internet sites almost immediately. The amount of memory that Memcached can employ to store information depends on the given VPS plan that you’ve selected, but in any case it will not be less than several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for multiple resource-demanding websites. You can use the Memcached platform with Internet sites powered by Joomla™, WordPress or any other app and decrease the load on your VPS server, which will enable you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server hosting package instead of upgrading to a more powerful one, as you simply won’t need it. Memcached is already being used by popular websites like Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which confirms its efficiency.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
You can take advantage of the full potential of Memcached with each dedicated server that we offer in case you select Hepsia as your Control Panel. A special Control Panel section is dedicated to the distributed memory object caching system and you can start using Memcached for any Internet site hosted on the dedicated server with just a few mouse clicks. You can optimize the overall performance of any site, regardless of what script-driven software app you rely on or how large the site is, as the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is 3 gigabytes and this amount rises significantly with the more powerful dedicated servers. Shortly after the caching system is activated, it will start caching content every time someone opens your website, so, as soon as sufficient data has been stored, you’ll see the lowered load on the server and the improved performance of your site. The Memcached system is used by numerous websites, including famous portals like Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which is a proof of the efficiency of the caching system.