Memcached is a content caching platform, which is used to optimize the load speed of database-driven Internet sites by caching the queries and the replies between the user and the server. Simply put, anytime a particular page on such a site is requested, the script sends a database query to get the information that should be shown to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to open some other page, the whole procedure is performed again and this results in multiple database requests and higher load on the server, even more so if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these pages is requested again, the script no longer has to pull any information from the database, since everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall speed of your website will "soar" and you’ll have more pleased visitors and they will be able to browse your site faster. In addition, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache when any info in the database is changed, so the visitors will never end up seeing old data.

Memcached in Cloud Hosting

Memcached is offered as an upgrade with each cloud hosting package offered by our company and in case you’d like to use it for any script-based Internet site that you host on our avant-garde cloud platform, you will be able to add it in a few easy steps via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the process, you’ll be offered the option to upgrade two different features – the number of instances and the memory. The first one has to do with the number of the sites that can use the Memcached data caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several sites, you can order a number of instances. The second one has to do with the maximum amount of memory that the system will be permitted to use in order to cache content, so for plenty of websites (or for one single traffic-heavy site), you should get more memory for better results. The memory is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be added at any moment. With Memcached, every script-driven website hosted on our cloud servers will open unbelievably fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can add the Memcached memory caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated packages that we offer and make use of its full capacity for any script-powered Internet site hosted by us. The upgrade is available through the Hepsia Control Panel and you can select two things – the instances and the memory. These things define the number of the sites that can use the Memcached platform and the amount of system memory that it will use to store your data. You can select them independently, since a given instance is not tied to a fixed amount of memory, so you can use a lot of memory for a single resource-heavy website, for example. This upgrade comes in increments of 16 megabytes and you can get as much memory as you wish. The platform can be used with any script-driven site irrespective of its type, including those that are based on widely used applications like Drupal, WordPress or Joomla, and lots of companies such as Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to accelerate the performance of their websites.

Memcached in VPS Web Hosting

Memcached comes as standard with all Linux VPS web hosting that are ordered with our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The PHP extension it requires in order to function properly is compiled when the VPS is configured, so you can begin using the distributed memory caching platform once your new VPS server is completely functional. The memory that the Memcached platform can employ depends on the given plan, but even with the low-end plans, you will get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal exclusively for this platform. This will allow you to optimize the performance of numerous websites hosted on the VPS server simultaneously and to lower the load on the machine even if you’ve got resource-demanding script-driven online portals with multiple viewers. The Memcached platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Joomla or Drupal, or a custom script, and you will distinguish the better performance soon after you begin using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting

Memcached comes free of charge with all dedicated servers hosting packages that we’re offering and the only condition is that the server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. You can use the distributed memory caching system for any database-powered Internet site, including those based on popular software applications – for instance, a WordPress online journal or a Joomla-driven social network. Each server comes with a particular amount of memory that the Memcached system can use, but the minimum amount you’ll get is 3 GB, which is quite enough to optimize the speed of very heavy websites significantly, as this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached information. The Memcached system will begin storing info once it is activated, so soon after that, you’ll notice the improved overall performance of your Internet sites and the decreased load on your dedicated machine. Plenty of sites use the Memcached system to enhance their effectiveness, including popular ones such as Wikipedia and Reddit.