Memcached is a widespread distributed memory object caching platform, which can accelerate the speed and the performance of your sites drastically in case they use an API or a database. This is accomplished by caching the calls to the API/database and the replies that are returned, so if a client conducts a search for some product on your Internet site, for instance, the database will not have to be accessed to show the results and the whole task will be executed much quicker. That goes for all kinds of database-powered applications and not only for online shops, as anytime a specific web page is opened, the application sends a query to its database to fetch the content that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your site open noticeably faster, but it will also generate much less load. If any data in the database is updated, the cached replies will also be updated, so the users will not see any old information.
Memcached in Shared Hosting
Memcached comes as an optional upgrade with each shared hosting account offered by our company and in case you want to use it for any script-based website that you host on our leading-edge cloud website hosting platform, you will be able to enable it in several simple steps via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the process, you will be given the option to upgrade two separate things – the instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use the Memcached data caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several websites, you can get a number of instances. The second one refers to the maximum amount of memory that the system will be able to use to cache info, so for multiple websites (or for one single resource-requiring site), you may want to get more memory for better results. The memory is available in increments of 16 MB and more memory can be added at any moment. With Memcached, each script-based Internet site hosted on our cloud servers will load amazingly fast.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can get the Memcached data caching system as an optional upgrade with all our Linux semi-dedicated servers and since it works with any script-based application, you can use it for every site that you host on our platform, irrespective of what app you have used – WordPress, Mambo or Joomla™, a custom application, etc. You can request the upgrade through the respective section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated account, and you can choose two different things – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. Basically, these things indicate the number of the Internet sites that will use Memcached and the amount of memory that the system will be able to use to cache your content. The two features are offered separately for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a fixed amount of memory. You can make use of Memcached with any type of website and both you and your site visitors will swiftly distinguish the difference in the overall performance.
Memcached in VPS Servers
If you purchase a VPS server from us, you will be able to use Memcached at no additional cost, as the data caching platform is available with all VPS servers ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you own resource-requiring sites, you will be able to boost their overall performance with ease and the decreased load will enable you to continue using your current VPS hosting package instead of moving to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that Memcached can use to store content depends on the plan that you are using, but even with a less powerful one, you’ll get at least several hundred MB, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared plan, so the website performance boost will be great. You can take advantage of Memcached with any database-driven application, no matter if you have developed it yourself or you are using a ready-made one like OpenCart, Joomla™ or WordPress.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
If you obtain one of our Linux dedicated servers and if you choose Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel on the order page, you will get the Memcached distributed memory caching platform by default and you can set it up for each Internet site that you host on the dedicated server without upgrading or installing anything. It will begin caching content as users access your site, so you will notice the effect of using it shortly after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is 3 GB and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated plan, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to use the caching platform for lots of sites or for an extremely popular Internet site without compromising its efficacy. The Memcached platform will allow you to boost the load speed of any database-powered Internet site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress weblog, an OpenCart e-shop, etc., and to improve the overall performance of your server.