Memcached is an object caching system, which is used to enhance the overall performance of database-powered websites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. Simply put, every time a given page on such a website is requested, the script connects to its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the website visitor. If the latter clicks on a link to open some other page, the entire procedure is performed again and this leads to lots of database requests and excessive server load, particularly if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to cull any information from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your site will "soar" and you’ll have more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your site faster. Plus, Memcached updates its cache when any content in the database is updated, so the site users will never wind up seeing out-of-date data.
Memcached in Cloud Hosting
If you host script-powered sites in a cloud hosting account with us, you will be able to add the Memcached distributed memory caching system to your web hosting package with only a couple of clicks from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available immediately and, since the extension required for it is pre-installed on our avant-garde cloud web hosting platform, you can begin using it right away. To give you more versatility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of system memory that Memcached will use. The latter is offered in increments of 16 MB and you can add as much memory as you wish. Logically, the more memory Memcached is permitted to use, the more data it will cache, so if you own a heavy-traffic site with a lot of content, you may require more memory so as to be able to make full use of the power that Memcached can offer you.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can get Memcached as an optional upgrade with all our Linux semi-dedicated hosting and since it works with any script-based software application, you can use it for every website that you host on our platform, regardless of what application you have used – WordPress, Mambo or Joomla™, a custom-built one, etc. You can order the upgrade from the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated account, and you can select two separate things – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. In simple terms, these things show the number of the Internet sites that will use the Memcached system and the total amount of system memory that the system will be able to use in order to cache your information. The two features are ordered independently for more freedom and one instance does not come with a pre-defined amount of memory. You can take full advantage of Memcached with any sort of website and both you and the website visitors will quickly spot the difference in the performance.
Memcached in VPS Hosting
If you get a virtual private server from us, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no additional cost, as the platform comes with all virtual machines that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you run large sites, you can improve their performance without any effort and the lowered load on the virtual machine will permit you to keep your current VPS hosting package instead of migrating to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can use to store content depends on the package that you are using, but even with a less powerful one, you will get at least several hundred MB, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared hosting plan, so the website performance boost will be noticeable. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-powered web app, regardless of whether you have set it up on your own or you’re using a ready-made one like WordPress, OpenCart or Joomla™.
Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting
If you acquire any of our Linux dedicated web hosting and if you select Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel during the order process, you’ll get the Memcached content caching platform by default and you can set it up for any Internet site that you host on your server without installing or upgrading anything. It will start storing data as users visit your Internet site, so you will detect the result of using it shortly after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the caching platform is three gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to use the caching platform for many Internet sites or for an extremely large Internet site without weakening its efficiency. Memcached will permit you to accelerate any database-powered Internet site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress weblog, an OpenCart store, etc., and to boost the performance of your dedicated server.