Memcached is an object caching platform, which is used to accelerate the performance of database-driven websites by caching the requests and the responses between the user and the server. Simply put, anytime a particular web page on such a website is accessed, the script calls its database to get the info that should be shown to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to visit some other web page, the entire procedure is performed again and this generates lots of database queries and excessive server load, especially if the site has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this exchange of information, so in case any of these web pages is accessed again, the script no longer has to pull any data from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your site will increase and you will have more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your site faster. What’s more, Memcached updates its cache every time any info in the database is altered, so the visitors will never see out-of-date content.

Memcached in Shared Website Hosting

Memcached is available as an optional upgrade with each and every shared website hosting plan that we offer and in case you want to use it for any script-based website that you host on our innovative cloud website hosting platform, you’ll be able to enable it in a couple of easy steps through your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In the meantime, you will get the option to upgrade two different things – the instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use the Memcached 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 Memcached will be able to use in order to cache information, so for plenty of websites (or for one single large-sized site), you may want to get more memory for improved performance. The memory is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be added at any time. With Memcached, each script-driven Internet site hosted on our servers will open faster than the speed of light.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can add the Memcached memory caching platform to any of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we’re offering and make use of its full potential for any script-powered website hosted on our servers. The upgrade is available through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can choose two things – the instances and the system memory. These things show the number of the websites that can use the Memcached caching platform and the amount of system memory that it will use to cache your content. You can choose them independently, since a given instance is not linked to a specific amount of system memory, so you can use a lot of memory for a single traffic-hungry Internet site, for example. This upgrade is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you like. The platform can be used with any script-powered site irrespective of its nature, including those based on widely used software apps like WordPress, Drupal™ or Joomla™, and a lot of companies such as Wikipedia and Zynga are already using it to boost the performance of their sites.

Memcached in VPS

Memcached is offered by default with each and every virtual private server that we’re offering as long as you select Hepsia as your Control Panel, so you won’t have to pay anything extra to be able to take advantage of the potential of this object caching system. The more powerful Virtual Private Server plan you choose, the more memory Memcached will have for data caching purposes, but you will have no less than several hundred MB all the time, which is much more than the amount of memory you would get with a shared web hosting plan. This will allow you to use Memcached for many Internet sites, regardless of how large they are, which in turn means that you can use a lower-end package for them without overloading your Virtual Private Server. The Memcached caching system is suitable for script-driven web applications like OpenCart, Joomla™, WordPress or Mambo, and you can utilize it even with a custom-created app. Soon after you activate the Memcached caching system, it will begin caching content and you will notice the enhanced performance of your sites.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

If you buy one of our Linux dedicated hosting and if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel on the order form, you will get the Memcached caching platform as standard and you can set it up for each Internet site that you host on the server without upgrading or installing anything. It will start caching content as users visit your Internet site, so you will notice the effect of using it soon after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the Memcached caching platform is 3 GB and naturally, the more powerful the plan, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to use the caching platform for a lot of sites or for an extremely large website without compromising its effectiveness. Memcached will enable you to enhance the loading speed of any database-driven Internet site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal journal, an OpenCart web shop, etc., and to optimize the performance of your dedicated server.