Memcached is a caching system, which is used to improve the performance of database-driven websites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. Put simply, every time a particular web page on such a website is requested, the script sends a query to its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to visit a different web page, the entire procedure is carried out again and this leads to multiple database calls and high server load, especially if the site has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so in case any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer has to extract any information from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your website will increase and you will get more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your site much faster. Also, the Memcached platform updates its cache whenever any info in the database is modified, so the site visitors will never wind up seeing outdated data.

Memcached in Hosting

Memcached comes as an optional upgrade with each hosting package that we offer and if you’d like to use it for any script-based Internet site that you host on our leading-edge cloud website hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it in a few easy steps via your Hepsia Control Panel. In the meantime, you’ll be given the option to upgrade two separate features – the instances and the memory. The first one is related to the number of the sites that can use the Memcached distributed memory object caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several websites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the maximum amount of memory that the system will be permitted to use in order to cache information, so for plenty of sites (or for one single resource-absorbing site), you’d better get more memory for better performance. The memory is available in increments of 16 MB and more memory can be added at any moment. With the Memcached caching system, every script-driven Internet site hosted on our servers will open extra-fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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

Memcached in VPS Web Hosting

Memcached is available as standard with all Linux VPS web hosting ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it needs so as to function correctly is compiled when the VPS server is set up, so you can start using the memory caching platform once your brand-new server is completely functional. The memory that Memcached can use depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the less powerful ones, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will permit you to increase the performance of numerous sites hosted on the server at the same time and to decrease the load on the machine even if you manage traffic-heavy script-driven web pages with a lot of viewers. The platform can be used with any script – Joomla™, Mambo or Drupal™, or a custom-developed one, and you’ll detect the better overall performance shortly after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting

Any dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using this distributed memory caching system as soon as your dedicated server is configured, without needing to install or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the very server that you have picked, but since our servers are truly powerful and given the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-heavy sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use is three gigabytes. This will permit you to increase the performance of extremely heavy websites without effort and you will notice the difference soon after Memcached begins caching database queries. You can take advantage of the caching system with any database-driven site, including those based on widely used Content Management Systems such as WordPress and Joomla™.