Memcached is a data caching system, which is used to improve the speed of database-driven websites by caching the requests and the replies between the visitor and the server. To put it in simple terms, every time a given page on such a site is opened, the script sends a query to its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the website visitor. If the latter clicks a link to open another page, the whole procedure is performed again and this results in numerous database calls and high server load, particularly if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer needs to pull any information from the database, since everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your website will "soar" and you’ll get more pleased visitors and they will be able to browse your site much faster. Additionally, Memcached updates its cache when any information in the database is updated, so the visitors will never see old content.

Memcached in Shared Web Hosting

Memcached is offered as an optional upgrade with each and every shared web hosting plan that we offer and in case you would like to use it for any script-driven Internet site that you host on our innovative cloud hosting platform, you will be able to order it in a few simple steps via your Hepsia Control Panel. During the process, you’ll be given the option to upgrade two different things – the instances and the system memory. The first one has to do with the number of the Internet sites that can use the Memcached memory caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several sites, you can order a number of instances. The second one refers to the total amount of memory that Memcached will be allowed to use in order to cache info, so for plenty of sites (or for one frequently visited site), you’d better get more memory for improved performance. The memory is available in increments of 16 MB and more memory can be ordered at any point. With the Memcached caching system, every script-based Internet site hosted on our cloud servers will open blazing-fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose to host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to take advantage of Memcached easily, since the content caching platform’s setup takes a couple of clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension that is required is already installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can begin using the Memcached caching platform as soon as you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You will be able to select how many Internet sites can use it and how much data it will cache, i.e. there are two different features that can be upgraded – the instances and the amount of memory. You can order more of both, so if one of your websites becomes very busy, for example, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is pretty flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a specific number of instances to a pre-defined amount of memory. You can employ the Memcached platform to increase the loading speed of any script-driven website, including those based on popular web-based applications, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS Hosting

You’ll get Memcached with any of the virtual private server packages offered by our company if you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you will be able to activate the platform through the Control Panel section with the exact same name. The setup requires a couple of clicks of the mouse and you’ll detect the difference in the overall performance of your sites almost immediately. The amount of memory that the Memcached caching platform can employ to store information depends on the given VPS package that you’ve selected, but in any case it will be at least several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for several resource-hungry Internet sites. You can use the Memcached platform with sites based on Joomla™, WordPress or any other software app and reduce the load on your VPS server, which will enable you to continue using the current Virtual Private Server hosting package rather than moving to a more powerful one, since you will simply not need it. Memcached is already being used by popular websites such as Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which shows its efficacy.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

You can unleash the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server that we’re offering if you choose Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. A section in it is dedicated to the content caching system and you can begin using Memcached for any website hosted on the server with only a couple of mouse clicks. You can accelerate the overall performance of any Internet site, irrespective of what script-driven web application you rely on or how popular the website is, since the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is three gigabytes and this amount rises significantly with the more powerful servers. Shortly after the caching system is enabled, it will start caching information every time someone opens your site, so, once enough info has been stored, you’ll detect the reduced server load and the optimized overall performance of the website. Memcached is used by a lot of sites, among them popular portals such as Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which confirms the efficiency of the Memcached system.