Memcached is a caching platform, which is used to improve the load speed of database-powered sites by caching the calls and the responses between the user and the server. To put it simply, anytime a certain web page on such a website is accessed, the script sends a database query to request the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to go to another web page, the entire operation is carried out again and this generates a lot of database requests and higher load on the server, especially if the website has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to pull any info from the database, as everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your website will increase and you’ll have more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your website faster. Furthermore, Memcached updates its cache if any info in the database is edited, so the visitors will never see old data.

Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host script-driven sites in a cloud website hosting account with our company, you’ll be able to add the Memcached content caching system to your plan with just a couple of clicks through your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantly and, since the necessary extension is pre-installed on our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform, you can start using it straight away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many Internet sites will use Memcached) and to the system memory that Memcached will use. The latter comes in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order memory as many times as you want. Naturally, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more data it will cache, so if you run a larger website with a lot of content, you may need more memory so as to be able to make full use of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you purchase one of our semi-dedicated server packages, you will find Memcached as an optional upgrade in the Upgrades part of the Hepsia Control Panel, so if you would like to use it for any of the websites hosted in your semi-dedicated server hosting account, you can enable it with only a couple of clicks. The memory caching platform is suitable for any script-driven web application such as WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom-built application, and depending on your necessities, you’ll be able to select two different features – how many Internet sites will use the Memcached platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much data will be stored, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will use. The two things are not bound to each other, so if you’ve got a high-demand website with lots of content, you can get one instance and a larger amount of system memory. Memcached will increase the overall performance of your websites shortly after you enable it and both you and your visitors will enjoy much faster load times.

Memcached in VPS Hosting

You’ll get Memcached with any of the virtual private server plans offered by us when you select Hepsia as your Control Panel and you will be able to activate the distributed memory object caching platform via the section with the very same name. The activation requires a few clicks of the mouse and you’ll distinguish the difference in the overall performance of your Internet sites almost instantaneously. The amount of memory that Memcached can use to store information depends on the particular Virtual Private Server hosting plan that you’ve selected, but in any case it won’t be less than several hundred MB, which is quite enough even for several large websites. You can use the Memcached platform with Internet sites based on WordPress, Joomla™ or any other Internet app and decrease the load on your server, which will permit you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server hosting plan instead of upgrading to a more powerful one, since you simply won’t need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by famous websites like Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which confirms its efficacy.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

If you obtain one of our dedicated hosting services and if you pick Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel at signup, you’ll get the Memcached caching platform by default and you can set it up for each Internet site that you host on your server without installing or upgrading anything. It will start caching data as people open your Internet site, so you will see the effects of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is three gigabytes and naturally, the more powerful the dedicate server plan, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will allow you to take advantage of the platform for a lot of Internet sites or for a very heavy site without compromising its efficacy. Memcached will permit you to accelerate the loading speed of any database-powered website in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal diary, an OpenCart store, etcetera, and to improve the overall performance of your dedicated machine.