Memcached is a memory caching platform, which has been gaining in popularity lately due to its efficiency. It’s used to cache calls and replies between a database and the app that’s using it, which can enhance the overall performance of your site and decrease the produced load tremendously. Anytime a page on an app-powered website is accessed, the app connects to the database and "asks" what info should be displayed, and then pulls it. With Memcached, these procedures are omitted, since the platform has already cached all of the content that should show up on a certain web page. When any data is edited, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the users will never see out-of-date data. Memcached is an excellent solution for every website that has many visitors, as it will make it extremely fast and will enhance the user experience.
Memcached in Shared Website Hosting
When you host script-powered sites in a shared website hosting account with us, you’ll be able to add the Memcached data caching system to your shared hosting package with only a couple of clicks from your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantaneously and, since the PHP extension required for it is pre-installed on our innovative cloud web hosting platform, you can begin using it right away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (in other words – how many websites will use Memcached) and to the system memory that the Memcached caching system will use. The latter comes in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you wish. Logically, the more memory Memcached is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so in case you manage a heavy-traffic website with lots of content, you may need more memory in order to be able to take full advantage of the power that Memcached can offer you.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you get any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you will find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades part of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you wish to use it for any of the Internet sites hosted in your account, you can add it with just a few clicks. The memory caching platform is suitable for any script-powered software application like WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom one, and depending on your requirements, you’ll be able to select two different things – how many websites will use Memcached, in other words – the number of instances; and how much data will be cached, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will employ. The two things are not tied to each other, so if you own a traffic-intensive website with lots of content, you can order one instance and a large amount of system memory. Memcached will enhance the performance of your websites shortly after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy better load speeds.
Memcached in VPS Servers
If you obtain a VPS server from us, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no additional charge, as the distributed memory object caching platform comes with all virtual servers ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you’ve got content-heavy websites, you can enhance their overall performance without efforts and the decreased load on the virtual server will permit you to keep your current Virtual Private Server package rather than migrating to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that the Memcached platform can use to store content depends on the package that you are using, but even with a lower-end one, you’ll have no less than several hundred megabytes, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared web hosting package, so the website performance boost will be tremendous. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-powered app, irrespective of whether you have developed it on your own or you’re using a ready-for-use one like WordPress, Joomla™ or OpenCart.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
When you acquire any of our dedicated servers and if you choose Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel at signup, you will get the Memcached memory caching platform as standard and you can activate it for any website that you host on the dedicated machine without upgrading or installing anything. It will start storing information as people visit your Internet site, so you will see the effect of using it soon after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is three gigabytes and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will allow you to use the caching platform for numerous Internet sites or for an extremely popular Internet site without compromising its efficacy. The Memcached caching platform will allow you to optimize the speed of any database-driven Internet site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress blog, an OpenCart store, etcetera, and to improve the overall performance of your server.