Memcached is a popular memory caching system, which can increase the speed and the performance of your Internet sites significantly if they use a database or an API. This is accomplished by caching the requests to the API/database and the replies that are returned, so if a client searches for a certain product on your website, for example, the database will not have to be accessed to return the results and the whole procedure will be completed noticeably quicker. This is valid for all kinds of database-driven applications and not only for online shops, since anytime a given page is visited, the app sends a database request to get the data that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your website open much faster, but it will also produce much less server load. If any data in the database is modified, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the website visitors will not see any outdated information.
Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting
Memcached is available as an upgrade with each and every cloud web hosting package that we’re offering and if you’d like to use it for any script-driven website that you host on our advanced cloud platform, you will be able to activate it in several easy steps via your Hepsia Control Panel. During the process, you will be offered the option to upgrade two different things – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use the Memcached distributed memory object caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several Internet sites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the total amount of memory that the system will be permitted to use in order to cache info, so for lots of sites (or for one single regularly visited site), you should get more memory for improved performance. The memory is available in increments of 16 MB and more memory can be ordered at any time. With Memcached, each script-based Internet site hosted on our servers will load much faster.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you choose to host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached easily, as the platform’s activation requires several clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel. The extension that it requires is already installed on our servers, so you can start using the Memcached caching platform as soon as you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You’ll be able to choose how many sites can use it and how much information can be cached, in other words – there are two separate features that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. You can get more of both, so if one of your sites becomes extremely busy, for instance, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is exceptionally flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a given number of instances to a fixed amount of memory. You can employ the Memcached caching platform to improve the loading speed of any script-powered 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 each of the VPS server plans offered by us if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you will be able to activate the content caching platform via the section with the very same name. The setup requires several clicks of the mouse and you’ll distinguish the difference in the overall performance of your Internet sites almost immediately. The amount of memory that the Memcached caching platform can use to cache info depends on the given VPS hosting plan that you have picked, but in any case it will not be less than several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for several large sites. You can use the Memcached platform with Internet sites powered by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other script and reduce the load on your VPS, which will allow you to continue using the current VPS hosting package rather than moving to a more powerful one, as you will simply not need it. Memcached is already being used by popular websites like Reddit, Zynga and Wikipedia, which proves its efficacy.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
If you purchase one of our dedicated servers and if you pick Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel during the signup procedure, you will get the Memcached memory caching platform by default and you can activate it for each Internet site that you host on the dedicated server without upgrading or installing anything. It will start caching information as people visit your site, so you’ll notice the results of using it shortly thereafter. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the platform is 3 GB and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to use the platform for a lot of websites or for a very popular Internet site without weakening its effectiveness. The Memcached platform will enable you to enhance the speed of any database-driven Internet site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress online diary, an OpenCart web store, etcetera, and to optimize the performance of your dedicated server.