Memcached is a widespread distributed memory caching platform, which can increase the loading speed and the overall performance of your Internet sites significantly if they use an API or a database. This is achieved by caching the requests to the API/database and the replies that are returned, so if a customer conducts a search for a certain product on your website, for example, the database won’t have to be accessed to show the results and the whole task will be executed notably quicker. This goes for all sorts of database-powered apps and not only for e-stores, since anytime a particular page is visited, the application sends a query to its database to get the data that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your site load much faster, but it will also generate much less load. If any content in the database is updated, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the users will not see any out-of-date info.

Memcached in Shared Website Hosting

The Memcached data caching system is offered as an upgrade with each and every shared website hosting that we are offering and you will be able to begin using it as soon as you enable it, since the extension that it needs so as to work correctly is already installed on our avant-garde cloud platform. You can order the upgrade via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes bundled with each and every shared web hosting package and a brand new Control Panel section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts – the instances and the system memory, so as to offer you more freedom. The first one shows the number of the Internet sites that can use Memcached, while the second, which comes in increments of 16 MB, specifies the maximum size of the content that can be cached by the system. A busy website with a large database may need more memory to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so in case you would like to upgrade this feature, you’ll be able to do it at any given point with a few mouse clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you acquire any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you will find Memcached as an optional upgrade in the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel, so if you would like to use it for any of the sites hosted in the semi-dedicated account, you can add it with just a few clicks of the mouse. The platform is perfect for any script-based app like WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom-built app, and depending on your demands, you will be able to select two different features – how many Internet sites will use the Memcached platform, i.e. the number of instances; and how much content will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory that the platform will employ. The two things are not tied to each other, so if you’ve got a traffic-consuming Internet site with a lot of content, you can get one instance and a large amount of system memory. The Memcached caching platform will increase the performance of your Internet sites soon after you enable it and both you and your site visitors will enjoy much better loading speeds.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached is available as standard with all VPS web hosting plans that are ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it needs to function correctly is compiled when the Virtual Private Server is set up, so you can begin using the data caching platform once your brand new VPS is fully functional. The memory that Memcached can employ depends on the given plan, but even with the lower-end ones, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal exclusively for this platform. This will permit you to enhance the performance of numerous sites hosted on the VPS server at the same time and to reduce the load even if you have traffic-hungry script-powered web portals with a lot of viewers. The platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Drupal™ or Joomla™, or a custom one, and you will observe the faster performance soon after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Memcached comes free of charge with all dedicated servers that we offer and the one and only requirement is that the server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. You can use the distributed memory object caching system for any database-driven website, including those based on widely used software applications – for instance, a WordPress personal diary or a Joomla™-driven social networking website. Each dedicated server is tied to a particular amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system can employ, but the minimum amount you’ll get is 3 GB, which is sufficient enough to increase the load speed of very popular sites substantially, since this very memory will be dedicated to storing the cached info. The system will start storing info as soon as it’s enabled, so shortly after that, you’ll notice the enhanced performance of your Internet sites and the lowered load. Plenty of Internet sites use the Memcached caching system to improve their effectiveness, including popular ones like Reddit and Wikipedia.