Memcached is a distributed memory caching platform, which is used to improve the load speed of database-powered Internet sites by caching the calls and the responses between the user and the server. To put it simply, every time a particular page on such a site is accessed, the script calls its database to get the info that should be displayed to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to visit some other page, the entire procedure is repeated and this generates a lot of database requests and higher load on the server, especially if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer needs to cull any content from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your website will "soar" and you will enjoy more gratified visitors and they will be able to browse your website faster. Additionally, the Memcached platform updates its cache whenever any info in the database is updated, so the website users will never end up seeing old data.

Memcached in Web Hosting

Memcached is offered as an upgrade with each and every web hosting plan offered by our company and if you want to use it for any script-driven site that you host on our leading-edge cloud platform, you’ll be able to enable it in a couple of easy steps through your Hepsia Control Panel. In the meantime, you will get the option to upgrade two separate things – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the sites that can use the Memcached distributed memory object caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several sites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the maximum amount of memory that the system will be permitted to use in order to cache information, so for a lot of sites (or for one single resource-intensive site), you should get more memory for improved performance. The memory is offered in increments of 16 MB and more memory can be added at any point. With the Memcached caching system, any script-powered Internet site hosted on our servers will open amazingly fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can get the Memcached caching system as an upgrade with each of our semi-dedicated servers and since it works with any script-based web application, you can use it for any website that you host on our platform, regardless of what app you have used – Mambo, Joomla or WordPress, a custom-created application, etc. You can request the upgrade through the respective section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated account, and you can choose two separate things – the instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. To put it in simple terms, these things specify the number of the Internet sites that will use the Memcached caching system and how much system memory the system will be able to use to store your info. The two things are offered separately for more flexibility and one instance does not come bundled with a particular amount of system memory. You can take full advantage of the Memcached system with any sort of site and both you and the visitors will quickly detect the difference in the overall performance.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You’ll get Memcached with any of the VPS server packages that we offer when you select Hepsia as your Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the caching platform through the Control Panel section with the same name. The activation requires several clicks and you will notice the difference in the overall performance of your websites almost immediately. The amount of memory that the Memcached caching platform can employ to store information depends on the particular VPS package that you have picked, but in any case it will be at least several hundred megabytes, which is more than enough even for multiple popular websites. You can use Memcached with Internet sites driven by Joomla, WordPress or any other web-based application and lower the load on your virtual server, which will permit you to continue using the current Virtual Private Server hosting plan rather than upgrading to a more powerful one, since you will simply not need it. Memcached is already being used by famous websites such as Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which confirms its efficiency.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Memcached is available for free with all dedicated servers that we’re offering and the sole condition is that the dedicated machine must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the caching system for any database-driven Internet site, including those that are based on famous Internet applications – for instance, a WordPress personal journal or a Joomla-driven social network. Each dedicated machine comes with a given amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system can use, but the minimum amount you’ll get is 3 GB, which is quite enough to optimize the load speed of extremely popular websites significantly, since this very memory will be dedicated to storing the cached content. The Memcached system will begin caching info the moment it is enabled, so soon after that, you’ll observe the improved overall performance of your websites and the decreased load on your dedicated server. A lot of websites use the Memcached caching system to increase their effectiveness, including famous ones like Wikipedia and Reddit.