Memcached is a caching system, which is used to boost the performance of database-powered sites by caching the queries and the responses between the website visitor and the server. In other words, anytime a given web page on such a website is opened, the script sends a query to its database to fetch the info that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to visit a different page, the entire procedure is executed again and this generates multiple database requests and excessive load on the server, especially if the website has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer needs to call any info from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall speed of your site will "soar" and you will get more satisfied visitors and they will be able to surf through your site much faster. Furthermore, Memcached "refreshes" its cache whenever any content in the database is modified, so the site visitors will never wind up seeing out-of-date data.

Memcached in Shared Web Hosting

You can make use of the Memcached memory caching system with all shared web hosting that we’re offering. It is available as an optional upgrade, which you can order with just a few clicks through your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system as soon as you add it. The upgrade is divided into two parts, which will offer you more versatility depending on the sites that you’d like to use it for. The first part defines the number of the websites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the so-called ‘instances’, while the second one is related to the memory, i.e. to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can get more system memory in increments of 16 MB and the more memory you have, the more content will be cached, which may be a very good idea for traffic-heavy sites with large databases and numerous users. Thus, you can boost the overall performance of every script-powered site hosted on our servers with ease.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you choose to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached effortlessly, since the object caching platform’s activation requires several clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia Control Panel. The extension that is required is already installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can start using the Memcached platform as soon as you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You’ll be able to choose how many websites can use it and how much data can be cached, in other words – there are two separate features that can be upgraded – the instances and the memory. You can get more of both, so if one of your Internet sites becomes extremely busy, for instance, you can always order more memory. Our system is really flexible in this regard and we do not tie a particular number of instances to a fixed amount of system memory. You can use the Memcached caching platform to speed up any script-driven website, including those that are based on widely used web-based apps, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You will get Memcached with any of the VPS server plans offered by our company in case you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the data caching platform via the section with the very same name. The configuration takes a few clicks and you’ll notice the difference in the performance of your websites almost instantaneously. The amount of memory that Memcached can take advantage of to store data depends on the given VPS hosting plan that you have selected, but in any case it won’t be less than several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for multiple popular Internet sites. You can use the Memcached platform with websites driven by Joomla™, WordPress or any other software app and lower the load on your virtual server, which will allow you to keep using the current package rather than migrating to a more powerful one, since you will simply not need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by popular websites like Wikipedia, Reddit and Zynga, which demonstrates its effectiveness.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

When you purchase any of our dedicated servers and if you choose Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel on the order page, you’ll get Memcached by default and you can activate it for any Internet site that you host on your server without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin caching info as users visit your site, so you will see the effect of using it shortly thereafter. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is 3 GB and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated plan, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will allow you to use the platform for plenty of Internet sites or for an extremely large website without compromising its efficacy. The Memcached platform will permit you to accelerate any database-powered site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal journal, an OpenCart web shop, etcetera, and to optimize the overall performance of your server.