Memcached is a data caching system, which is used to supercharge the speed of database-driven websites by caching the calls and the responses between the website visitor and the server. To put it differently, every time a specific page on such a website is accessed, the script connects to its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. If the latter clicks on a hyperlink to visit some other page, the whole process is repeated and this generates multiple database queries and excessive server load, even more so if the website has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer needs to request any information from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall speed of your site will "soar" and you’ll enjoy more gratified visitors and they will be able to browse your site faster. Besides, the Memcached platform updates its cache if any information in the database is changed, so the website users will never end up seeing outdated content.

Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting

When you host script-driven websites in a cloud website hosting account with our company, you can add the Memcached memory caching system to your shared hosting plan with just a few clicks from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available immediately and, since the PHP extension needed for it is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud platform, you can start using it straight 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 comes in increments of 16 MB and you can order as much memory as you wish. Naturally, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so if you have a traffic-intensive site with lots of content, you may require more memory in order to be able to take full advantage of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can get the Memcached data caching system as an upgrade with each of our Linux semi-dedicated servers and since it works with any script-powered app, you can use it for each Internet site that you host on our platform, regardless of what app you have used – WordPress, Mambo or Joomla™, a custom-created application, etc. You can request the upgrade from the respective section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two different features – the instances and the amount of memory that they will use. In other words, these things determine the number of the sites that will use the Memcached caching system and the maximum amount of system memory that the system will be able to use to cache your information. The two features are offered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a pre-defined amount of system memory. You can make the most of the Memcached system with any type of site and both you and your website visitors will swiftly detect the difference in the overall performance.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached comes by default with each and every VPS server that we are offering if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel, so you won’t need to pay anything extra to be able to take advantage of the power of this data caching system. The more powerful Virtual Private Server hosting plan you select, the more memory Memcached will have for information caching purposes, but you’ll have no less than several hundred MB all the time, which is much more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared plan. This will allow you to use Memcached for many Internet sites, regardless of how heavy they are, which in turn means that you can use a low-end plan for them without overloading your Virtual Private Server. The Memcached caching system is perfect for script-driven web apps such as OpenCart, WordPress, Joomla™ or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom app. Soon after you enable the Memcached system, it will start caching content and you will note the improved performance of your websites.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Memcached is available free of charge with all dedicated web hosting plans offered by us and the one and only requirement is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. You can use the distributed memory object caching system for any database-driven Internet site, including those based on famous apps – for example, a WordPress personal weblog or a Joomla™-driven social networking website. Each dedicated machine is tied to a specific amount of system memory that Memcached can use, but the minimum you will get is 3 GB, which is quite enough to accelerate extremely heavy websites tremendously, as this very memory will be dedicated to storing the cached content. The system will start caching info once it’s enabled, so shortly after that, you’ll notice the enhanced performance of your Internet sites and the decreased load on the dedicated machine. Many Internet sites use the Memcached caching system to improve their efficiency, including popular ones such as Reddit and Wikipedia.