Memcached is a caching platform, which is used to boost the speed of database-driven Internet sites by caching the requests and the responses between the visitor and the server. To put it in simple terms, every time a certain web page on such a website is opened, the script sends a database query to get the information that should be shown to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks on a link to open another web page, the entire operation is executed again and this leads to plenty of database queries and higher server load, even more so if the website 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 has to cull any information from the database, since everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your site will increase and you’ll enjoy more satisfied visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your site much faster. Moreover, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache whenever any information in the database is edited, so the site users will never wind up seeing old data.

Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host script-based sites in a cloud website hosting account with our company, you’ll be able to add Memcached to your shared hosting plan with just a couple of clicks through your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available immediately and, since the needed PHP extension is already installed on our leading-edge cloud platform, you can begin using it right away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many websites 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 as much memory as you like. Naturally, the more memory Memcached is permitted to use, the more content it will cache, so if you manage a popular website with lots of data, you may need more memory so as to be able to make the most of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you decide to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to take advantage of Memcached effortlessly, as the distributed memory caching platform’s activation requires several clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The required PHP extension is pre-installed on our servers, so you can start using the Memcached caching platform the moment you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You will be able to choose how many websites can use it and how much data can be cached, in other words – there’re 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 popular, for instance, you can always order more memory. Our system is quite flexible in this regard and we do not bind a given number of instances to a fixed amount of memory. You can use Memcached to increase the loading speed of any script-driven website, including those that are based on famous web apps, such as Joomla™ or WordPress.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You’ll get Memcached with each of the VPS server packages offered by our company when you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you will be able to activate the memory caching platform via the section with the exact same name. The configuration takes several clicks and you will detect the difference in the performance of your Internet sites almost instantly. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use to store data depends on the particular Virtual Private Server hosting plan that you’ve selected, but at any rate it will be at least several hundred megabytes, which is quite enough even for several resource-intensive Internet sites. You can use the Memcached platform with Internet sites based on WordPress, Joomla™ or any other software application and reduce the load on your VPS server, which will permit you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server hosting plan instead of upgrading to a more powerful one, since you will simply not need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by popular websites like Reddit, Wikipedia and Zynga, which confirms its effectiveness.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Each dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can start using this object caching system as soon as your server is fully ready, without having to upgrade or install anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the dedicated server that you’ve chosen, but since our servers are remarkably powerful and due to the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-demanding Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use will be 3 GB. This will allow you to increase the performance of very busy sites effortlessly and you’ll detect the difference shortly after Memcached starts caching database requests. You can make the most of the Memcached system with any database-driven website, including those based on widely used Content Management Systems like Joomla™ and WordPress.