Memcached is a data caching system, which is used to increase the load speed of database-driven sites by caching the calls and the replies between the website visitor and the server. To put it simply, every time a certain page on such a site is accessed, the script queries its database to get the information that should be shown to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to open some other page, the entire procedure is performed again and this results in multiple database requests and high load on the server, especially if the site has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this exchange of information, so in case any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer needs to request any information from the database, as everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your website will "soar" and you’ll have more happy visitors and they’ll be able to browse your website much faster. What’s more, Memcached updates its cache every time any content in the database is altered, so the site visitors will never wind up seeing outdated content.
Memcached in Hosting
You can make use of the Memcached distributed memory object caching system with all Linux hosting packages that we are offering. It’s available as an optional upgrade, which you can order with only a few clicks via your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform, so you can begin using Memcached the moment you order it. The upgrade is divided into two parts, which will offer you more versatility depending on the websites that you wish to use it for. The first part concerns the number of the websites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the ‘instances’, while the second one refers to the memory, in other words – to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can add more system memory in increments of 16 MB and the more memory you have ordered, the more data will be cached, which may be a really good idea for frequently visited sites with large-size databases and plenty of concurrent visitors. In this way, you can supercharge the overall performance of every script-driven site hosted on our cloud servers without any effort.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can get the Memcached memory caching system as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages and since it works with any script-based web application, you can use it for each Internet site that you host on our semi-dedicated servers, no matter what application you have used – WordPress, Joomla™ or Mambo, a custom-built application, etc. You can request the upgrade via the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated server account, and you can select two different things – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. To put it simply, these things show how many websites will use the Memcached caching system and the maximum amount of system memory that the system will be able to use in order to cache your info. The two features are ordered separately for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a fixed amount of memory. You can make use of Memcached with any kind of website and both you and your website visitors will swiftly spot the difference in the performance.
Memcached in VPS Web Hosting
You’ll get Memcached with any of the virtual private server plans that we’re offering in case you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel and you will be able to activate the distributed memory caching platform via the Control Panel section with the same name. The activation requires a couple of mouse clicks and you’ll notice the difference in the performance of your sites almost instantaneously. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can use to cache info depends on the given VPS hosting package that you have chosen, but in any case it will not be less than several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for several intense-traffic sites. You can use the Memcached platform with sites driven by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other application and decrease the load on your virtual server, which will enable you to continue using the current Virtual Private Server hosting plan instead of switching to a more powerful one, since you simply won’t need it. Memcached is already being used by famous websites like Reddit, Zynga and Wikipedia, which is an evidence of its efficacy.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting
Memcached is available free of charge with all Linux dedicated servers hosting packages that we offer and the only condition is that the server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the object caching system for any database-driven Internet site, including those that are based on famous web-based apps – for example, a WordPress online blog or a Joomla™-powered social networking website. Each server comes with a particular amount of memory that Memcached can employ, but the minimum you will get is 3 gigabytes, which is quite enough to accelerate the speed of very popular sites significantly, since this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached info. The Memcached system will begin caching info as soon as it’s enabled, so soon after that, you’ll see the enhanced overall performance of your Internet sites and the reduced server load. Many Internet sites use the Memcached system to improve their efficiency, including famous ones like Wikipedia and Reddit.