Memcached is a content caching system, which is used to supercharge the overall performance of database-powered Internet sites by caching the queries and the responses between the user and the server. To put it in simple terms, every time a particular page on such a website is accessed, the script sends a query to its database to fetch the info that should be displayed to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to visit some other page, the entire process is repeated and this results in multiple database calls and higher load on the server, particularly if the site has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer has to pull any information from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall speed of your website will "soar" and you’ll have more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your site much faster. Moreover, the Memcached platform updates its cache every time any data in the database is changed, so the website visitors will never see old data.

Memcached in Web Hosting

When you host script-based websites in a web hosting account with us, you can add the Memcached content caching system to your web hosting package with just a few clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantly and, since the necessary PHP extension is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud website 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 (i.e. how many Internet sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system will use. The latter comes in increments of 16 MB and you can add memory as many times as you wish. Naturally, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so if you run a traffic-hungry website with lots of content, you may need more memory to be able to make full use of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can add Memcached to any of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting service that we offer and use its full capacity for any script-powered site hosted by us. The upgrade is offered through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can choose two features – the number of instances and the amount of system memory. These things indicate how many sites can use the Memcached platform and how much memory it will use to cache your data. You can select them independently, since one instance is not tied to a fixed amount of system memory, so you can use plenty of memory for one traffic-consuming website, for instance. This upgrade comes in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you need. The platform can be used with any script-powered site irrespective of its nature, including those based on popular Internet applications like Joomla™, WordPress or Drupal™, and plenty of companies such as Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to increase the speed of their websites.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached is available by default with all VPS hosting service that are ordered with our custom Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it needs in order to function correctly is compiled when the VPS server is set up, so you can start using the memory caching platform as soon as your brand-new VPS is completely functional. The system memory that the Memcached platform can employ depends on the given plan, but even with the less powerful ones, you will get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal exclusively for this platform. This will allow you to increase the performance of multiple sites hosted on the server simultaneously and to reduce the load on the virtual machine even if you manage resource-consuming script-powered websites with plenty of users. Memcached can be used with any script – Mambo, Drupal™ or Joomla™, or a custom one, and you will see the faster performance soon after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Any dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using this content caching system once the dedicated server is up and running, without needing to upgrade or install anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can use depends on the very server that you have chosen, but since our servers are remarkably powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-heavy Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use is three gigabytes. This will enable you to optimize the performance of extremely popular sites without efforts and you will observe the difference shortly after the Memcached system starts caching database calls. You can use the caching system with any database-powered portal, including those that are based on famous Content Management Systems such as Joomla™ and WordPress.