Memcached is a data caching platform, which is used to accelerate the load speed of database-driven websites by caching the queries and the responses between the user and the server. In simple terms, anytime a given web page on such a website is requested, the script connects to its database to fetch the information that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks on a link to go to another page, the whole procedure is repeated and this leads to lots of database calls and higher load on the server, particularly if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer has to fetch any data from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your website will increase and you’ll get more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your website faster. What’s more, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache if any content in the database is updated, so the website visitors will never wind up seeing old content.

Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host script-driven websites in a cloud web hosting account with us, you’ll be able to add the Memcached data caching system to your web hosting plan with just a couple of clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available immediately and, since the required PHP extension is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform, you can begin using it straight away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (in other words – how many Internet sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of memory that the Memcached caching system will use. The latter is available in increments of 16 MB and you can add memory as many times as you wish. Logically, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so in case you’ve got a resource-intensive site with lots of content, you may need more memory in order to be able to make full use of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can get the Memcached memory caching system as an upgrade with all our Linux semi-dedicated packages and since it works with any script-driven software application, you can use it for every website that you host on our platform, no matter what app you have used – WordPress, Joomla™ or Mambo, a custom-created one, etc. You can order the upgrade from 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 memory that they will use. In other words, these things determine how many Internet sites will use the Memcached caching system and the total amount of system memory that the system will be able to use to store your content. The two features are offered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a fixed amount of system memory. You can use Memcached with any sort of site and both you and your website visitors will swiftly perceive the difference in the overall performance.

Memcached in VPS

Memcached comes by default with all Linux VPS packages ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The extension it requires in order to perform properly is compiled when the VPS is set up, so you can start using the memory caching platform as soon as your brand-new virtual server is up and running. The system memory that Memcached can employ depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the less powerful plans, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will allow you to improve the performance of multiple websites hosted on the virtual server simultaneously and to lower the load on the machine even if you own data-loaded script-powered sites with plenty of users. The caching platform can be used with any script – Drupal™, Joomla™ or Mambo, or a custom-built one, and you will see the better performance shortly after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

Memcached is available for free with all Linux dedicated servers hosting packages that we offer and the only condition is that the dedicated machine must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the object caching system for any database-powered site, including those that are based on famous web applications – for instance, a WordPress blog or a Joomla™-driven community site. Each server is tied to a certain amount of memory that the Memcached caching system can use, but the minimum you will get is three gigabytes, which is sufficient enough to accelerate the loading speed of very heavy sites significantly, as this very memory will be dedicated to storing the cached content. The system will start caching info once it’s enabled, so shortly thereafter, you’ll notice the optimized overall performance of your websites and the reduced server load. Numerous Internet sites use the Memcached system to improve their efficiency, including popular ones like Reddit and Wikipedia.