Memcached is a memory caching system, which is used to improve the speed of database-driven websites by caching the queries and the responses between the visitor and the server. To put it simply, every time a given page on such a website 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 link to go to a different web page, the whole procedure is executed again and this results in plenty of database calls and high load on the server, even more so if the website has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so in case any of these pages is opened again, the script no longer needs to request any data from the database, since everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall speed of your website will increase and you’ll enjoy more happy visitors and they’ll be able to browse your website much faster. Besides, the Memcached platform updates its cache if any info in the database is modified, so the website visitors will never wind up seeing outdated content.

Memcached in Web Hosting

Memcached is available as an optional upgrade with each and every web hosting package offered by us and if you would like to use it for any script-powered site that you host on our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform, you will be able to activate it in a few simple steps through your Hepsia Control Panel. During the process, you will be offered the option to upgrade two different things – the instances and the memory. The first one is related to the number of the Internet sites that can use the Memcached content caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several websites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the total amount of memory that Memcached will be able to use to cache info, so for plenty of websites (or for one single large-scale site), you’d better order more memory for better performance. The memory comes in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be ordered at any time. With Memcached, each script-based website hosted on our cloud servers will open lightning-fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can add the Memcached object caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated services that we are offering and make use of its full capacity for any script-driven site hosted on our servers. The upgrade is offered through the Hepsia Control Panel and you can select two features – the instances and the amount of memory. These things define the number of the websites that can use the Memcached platform and how much system memory it will use to cache your info. You can select them independently, since a given instance is not bound to a specific amount of system memory, so you can use a lot of memory for a single resource-requiring Internet site, for instance. This upgrade is available in increments of 16 megabytes and you can get as much memory as you need. The Memcached platform can be used with any script-driven website regardless of its type, including those based on widespread Internet applications like Drupal™, Joomla™ or WordPress, and lots of companies such as Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to accelerate the loading speed of their sites.

Memcached in VPS Web Hosting

Memcached is available by default with all Linux VPS web hosting services ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The extension it needs to function properly is compiled when the server is configured, so you can start using the memory caching platform once your brand-new server is fully ready. The memory that Memcached can employ depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the lower-end plans, several hundred megabytes will be at your disposal only for this platform. This will allow you to boost the overall performance of multiple websites hosted on the VPS server simultaneously and to decrease the load on the virtual machine even if you have large script-driven websites with many viewers. The platform can be used with any script – Drupal™, Joomla™ or Mambo, or a custom-built script, and you will see the better performance shortly after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting

Each dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can start using this content caching system as soon as the dedicated server is completely operational, without needing to upgrade or activate anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can employ depends on the dedicated server that you have picked, but since our servers are remarkably powerful and considering the fact that it’s likely that you will host resource-demanding websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use is three gigabytes. This will enable you to improve the performance of very popular Internet sites with no effort and you will notice the difference soon after Memcached begins caching database requests. You can make use of the Memcached system with any database-powered web portal, including those that are based on popular CMSs like Joomla™ and WordPress.