Memcached is a content caching system, which is used to boost the speed of database-driven websites by caching the calls and the replies between the visitor and the server. Put simply, every time a particular web page on such a website is opened, the script connects to its database to fetch the information that should be shown to the website visitor. If the latter clicks a hyperlink to go to a different web page, the entire procedure is performed again and this generates a lot of database queries and higher server load, especially if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so if any of these web 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 site will "soar" and you’ll have more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to browse your site faster. Additionally, Memcached "refreshes" its cache whenever any data in the database is edited, so the site visitors will never see out-of-date data.

Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting

When you host script-based sites in a cloud web hosting account with our company, you can add the Memcached caching system to your shared hosting plan with only a few mouse clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available momentarily and, since the extension needed for it is pre-installed on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform, you can start using it right away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many sites will use Memcached) and to the system memory that the Memcached caching system will use. The latter is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order memory whenever you want. Naturally, the more memory Memcached is permitted to use, the more content it will cache, so in case you’ve got a traffic-intensive website with a lot of content, you may require more memory so as to be able to take advantage of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you decide to host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to take advantage of Memcached effortlessly, as the object caching platform’s activation requires several clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The extension that it requires is pre-installed on our servers, so you can begin using the Memcached caching platform as soon as you add it to your account. You’ll be able to select how many sites can use it and how much info can be cached, i.e. there are two different features that can be upgraded – the instances and the amount of system memory. You can order more of both, so if one of your Internet sites becomes very busy, for example, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is rather flexible in this regard and we don’t tie a specific number of instances to a fixed amount of memory. You can take advantage of Memcached to boost the loading speed of any script-powered Internet site, including those based on popular web-based apps, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You will get Memcached with each of the VPS server plans that we offer if you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the caching platform through the section with the very same name. The configuration takes a few clicks and you will distinguish the difference in the performance of your sites almost instantaneously. The amount of memory that the Memcached caching platform can take advantage of to store information depends on the given Virtual Private Server package that you’ve selected, but in any case it will not be less than several hundred MB, which is quite enough even for multiple resource-demanding sites. You can use the Memcached platform with websites driven by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other script and decrease the load on your Virtual Private Server, which will permit you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server plan rather than switching to a more powerful one, since you simply won’t need it. Memcached is already being used by famous websites such as Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which verifies its effectiveness.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

You can unleash the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server that we’re offering if you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel. A special section in it is dedicated to the caching system and you can start using Memcached for any Internet site hosted on the dedicated machine with just several clicks of the mouse. You can enhance the overall performance of any Internet site, irrespective of what script-driven web app you’re using or how heavy the Internet site is, since the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to use is 3 GB and this amount increases immensely with the higher-end dedicated servers. Shortly after the caching system is activated, it will begin caching information anytime someone opens your site, so, once enough info has been cached, you will see the lowered load on your server and the optimized overall performance of the website. Memcached is being used by lots of websites, among them famous portals like Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which confirms the efficiency of the caching system.