Memcached is a caching platform, which is used to improve the overall performance of database-driven websites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. Simply put, anytime a particular page on such a website is visited, the script calls its database to get the info that should be displayed to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to open a different page, the whole process is executed again and this leads to a lot of database queries and higher server load, especially if the site has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so if any of these web pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to extract any data from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall speed of your site will increase and you will enjoy more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your website much faster. At the same time, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache whenever any content in the database is modified, so the visitors will never wind up seeing out-of-date content.

Memcached in Cloud Hosting

If you host script-based sites in a cloud hosting account with our company, you can add the Memcached object caching system to your hosting plan with only a few mouse clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available immediately and, since the necessary extension is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform, you can start using it right away. To give you more versatility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (in other words – how many sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system will use. The latter comes in increments of 16 MB and you can add as much memory as you wish. Naturally, the more memory Memcached is permitted to use, the more data it will cache, so if you have a resource-hungry website with a lot of content, you may require more memory so as to be able to take full advantage of the power that Memcached can offer you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you purchase any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you’d like to use it for any of the Internet sites hosted in the semi-dedicated server hosting account, you can add it with just a couple of mouse clicks. The data caching platform is suitable for any script-driven app like Joomla™, WordPress, or even a tailor-made app, and based on your necessities, you will be able to select two separate things – how many sites will use the Memcached caching platform, i.e. the number of instances; and how much data will be cached, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will use. The two things are not tied to each other, so if you’ve got a traffic-consuming site with a lot of content, you can order one instance and a larger amount of memory. The Memcached platform will increase the performance of your Internet sites shortly after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy much better loading speeds.

Memcached in VPS Web Hosting

When you order a virtual private server from us, you will be able to use Memcached at no additional fee, as the distributed memory object caching platform comes with all virtual servers ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you run large-scale websites, you can improve their overall performance with no effort and the lowered load on the virtual server will allow you to continue using your current Virtual Private Server plan rather than switching to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use to store data depends on the package that you are using, but even with a less powerful one, you will have at least several hundred megabytes, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared plan, so the website performance boost will be immense. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-powered application, no matter if you’ve set it up yourself or you are using a ready-made one such as WordPress, OpenCart or Joomla™.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting

Any 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 the dedicated server is completely ready, without needing to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the dedicated server that you’ve picked, but as our servers are really powerful and given the fact that it is likely that you’ll host resource-intensive Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be three gigabytes. This will permit you to improve the overall performance of extremely busy websites without efforts and you will see the difference shortly after the Memcached caching system starts caching database requests. You can take advantage of the Memcached system with any database-powered site, including those based on popular Content Management Systems such as WordPress and Joomla™.