Memcached is a caching platform, which is used to enhance the load speed of database-driven Internet sites by caching the queries and the responses between the website visitor and the server. Simply put, every time a given page on such a website is accessed, the script connects to its database to fetch the information that should be shown to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks on a link to go to a different page, the entire process is carried out again and this leads to multiple database requests and higher server load, especially if the website has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is visited again, the script no longer needs to pull any info from the database, as everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your website will "soar" and you will have more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to browse your site faster. Moreover, Memcached "refreshes" its cache if any info in the database is updated, so the users will never wind up seeing out-of-date content.

Memcached in Website Hosting

Memcached is offered as an upgrade with each and every website hosting service that we are offering and you will be able to begin using it the moment you add it, as the PHP extension that it requires so as to run correctly is pre-installed on our innovative cloud web hosting platform. You can order the upgrade from the Hepsia Control Panel, which is available with each and every web hosting plan and a new Control Panel section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the instances and the amount of system memory, so as to give you more versatility. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites which can use Memcached, whereas the second one, which is available in increments of 16 megabytes, determines the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A traffic-heavy Internet site with a large database may need more memory to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so if you would like to upgrade this service, you’ll be able to do it at any given time with a couple of mouse clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can add the Memcached distributed memory object caching platform to any of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting offered by our company and make use of its full capacity for any script-powered Internet site hosted on our servers. The upgrade is available through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can select two features – the instances and the amount of memory. These things determine the number of the websites that can use the Memcached caching platform and how much memory it will use to store your information. You can choose them independently, since one instance is not tied to a specific amount of memory, so you can use a lot of memory for a single resource-demanding website, for example. This feature is available in increments of 16 megabytes and you can get as much memory as you wish. The Memcached platform can be used with any script-driven website regardless of its nature, including those that are based on popular software applications like Drupal™, WordPress or Joomla™, and a lot of companies such as Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to enhance the loading speed of their sites.

Memcached in VPS Hosting

You will get Memcached with each of the virtual private server plans that we offer when you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you will be able to activate the distributed memory object caching platform through the section with the very same name. The setup requires a couple of clicks of the mouse and you will distinguish the difference in the performance of your Internet sites almost immediately. The amount of memory that the Memcached caching platform can employ to store content depends on the particular Virtual Private Server package that you have selected, but at any rate it won’t be less than several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for several traffic-consuming sites. You can use the Memcached platform with Internet sites driven by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other web app and decrease the load on your Virtual Private Server, which will permit you to continue using the current package instead of moving to a more powerful one, since you will simply not need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by popular websites like Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which is a confirmation of its effectiveness.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

If you purchase any of our dedicated web hosting and if you choose Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel on the order page, you will get the Memcached memory caching platform by default and you can enable it for each website that you host on your dedicated machine without upgrading or installing anything. It will begin caching content as users visit your site, so you will notice the effects of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the Memcached caching platform is three gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to use the caching platform for plenty of sites or for an extremely heavy Internet site without weakening its efficiency. The Memcached platform will enable you to accelerate the load speed of any database-driven Internet site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal diary, an OpenCart web shop, etcetera, and to boost the performance of your dedicated machine.