Memcached is a content caching platform, which is used to enhance the loading speed of database-driven sites by caching the requests and the replies between the visitor and the server. In simple terms, every time a certain web page on such a website is requested, the script connects to its database to request the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. If the latter clicks on a link to visit a different web page, the whole procedure is carried out again and this leads to numerous database queries and excessive load on the server, especially if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these pages is visited again, the script no longer needs to extract any info from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall speed of your site will increase and you’ll enjoy more satisfied visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your website much faster. Plus, Memcached updates its cache every time any data in the database is edited, so the site visitors will never end up seeing outdated content.
Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting
When you host script-based sites in a cloud web hosting account with our company, you can add the Memcached caching system to your hosting package with just a few mouse clicks through your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantly and, since the needed extension is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform, you can begin using it straight away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (in other words – how many websites will use Memcached) and to the amount of memory that Memcached will use. The latter is available in increments of 16 MB and you can add memory whenever you want. Logically, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more data it will cache, so in case you’ve got a resource-intensive website with a lot of content, 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 Hosting
If you decide to host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached with ease, since the caching platform’s activation takes a couple of clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension that is required is pre-installed on our servers, so you can begin using the Memcached platform as soon as you add it to your account. You’ll be able to choose how many websites can use it and how much info it will cache, in other words – there’re two separate upgradable features – the number of instances and the amount of system memory. You can order more of both, so if one of your websites becomes extremely popular, for example, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is very flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a specific number of instances to a pre-defined amount of system memory. You can employ Memcached to improve the loading speed of any script-powered Internet site, including those based on widely used applications, such as WordPress or Joomla™.
Memcached in VPS
When you acquire a virtual private server from our company, you will be able to use Memcached at no extra charge, as the platform is available with all Virtual Private Servers that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you have popular Internet sites, you will be able to accelerate their performance without effort and the lowered load on your Virtual Private Server will permit you to continue using your current Virtual Private Server plan rather than upgrading to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can use to store information depends on the plan that you are using, but even with a lower-end one, you will get no less than several hundred megabytes, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared hosting plan, so the website performance boost will be substantial. You can take advantage of the Memcached platform with any database-driven web application, regardless of whether you have developed it on your own or you’re using a ready-to-use one such as WordPress, Joomla™ or OpenCart.
Memcached in Dedicated Hosting
When you acquire any of our dedicated servers hosting packages and if you pick Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel during the signup process, you will get the Memcached content caching platform by default and you can set it up for any Internet site that you host on the server without installing or upgrading anything. It will start storing data as users access your site, so you will detect the result of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the caching platform is three gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the plan, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to take advantage of the caching platform for plenty of sites or for a very large Internet site without weakening its efficiency. The Memcached caching platform will enable you to improve the speed of any database-powered site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress online diary, an OpenCart web shop, etcetera, and to optimize the performance of your dedicated server.