Memcached is a data caching system, which is used to improve the speed of database-powered websites by caching the queries and the replies between the visitor and the server. Simply put, anytime a particular web page on such a site is opened, the script connects to its database to request the info that should be displayed to the visitor. If the latter clicks on a hyperlink to open a different page, the entire process is carried out again and this generates multiple database requests and excessive load on the server, particularly if the site has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer needs to pull any data from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall speed of your website will increase and you’ll enjoy more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your website much faster. What’s more, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache if any information in the database is altered, so the website visitors will never end up seeing out-of-date content.

Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting

Memcached is offered as an upgrade with each cloud web hosting account that we’re offering and in case you wish to use it for any script-based site that you host on our advanced cloud hosting platform, you’ll be able to order it in several simple steps through your Hepsia Control Panel. In the meantime, you’ll be given the option to upgrade two separate things – the number of instances and the memory. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites that can use the Memcached data caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several websites, you can order a number of instances. The second one has to do with the maximum amount of memory that Memcached will be able to use to cache data, so for lots of sites (or for one traffic-consuming site), you may want to order more memory for better performance. The memory is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be ordered at any time. With the Memcached caching system, every script-driven website hosted on our cloud servers will load incredibly fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can get the Memcached caching system as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting plans and since it works with any script-powered application, you can use it for any site that you host on our platform, no matter what app you have used – WordPress, Mambo or Joomla™, a custom-created one, etc. You can add the upgrade through the respective section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two different things – the instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. In simple terms, these things show the number of the websites that will use the Memcached system and the total amount of system memory that the system will be able to use in order to cache your content. The two features are offered independently for more freedom and one instance does not come with a fixed amount of memory. You can take full advantage of Memcached with any kind of site and both you and the visitors will quickly notice the difference in the overall performance.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached is offered by default with each VPS server that we are offering if you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel, so you will not need to pay anything extra to be able to take advantage of the maximum capacity of this distributed memory caching system. The more powerful VPS plan you pick, the more system memory Memcached will have for content caching purposes, but you’ll have at least several hundred MB at all times, which is much more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared web hosting package. This will allow you to use the Memcached caching system for many sites, regardless of how large they are, which in turn goes to say that you can use a lower-end plan for them without overloading the virtual machine. The caching system is excellent for script-powered software applications such as Joomla™, OpenCart, WordPress or Mambo, and you can utilize it even with a custom-created app. Soon after you activate Memcached, it will start storing information and you will distinguish the improved performance of your sites.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Any dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can begin using this caching system as soon as the server is fully ready, without having to install or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can employ depends on the server that you have picked, but as our servers are astonishingly powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-consuming Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be three gigabytes. This will enable you to accelerate the overall performance of extremely busy websites with ease and you will note the difference soon after Memcached starts caching database requests. You can use the caching system with any database-powered website, including those that are based on popular Content Management Systems such as WordPress and Joomla™.