Memcached is a data caching platform, which is used to boost the performance of database-driven sites by caching the calls and the replies between the visitor and the server. Put simply, every time a given page on such a website is requested, the script sends a database query to fetch the information that should be shown to the website visitor. If the latter clicks on a link to open another web page, the entire process is carried out again and this results in multiple database calls and excessive load on the server, especially if the site has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is accessed again, the script no longer has to fetch any content from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your website will "soar" and you’ll enjoy more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your site much faster. Additionally, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache whenever any information in the database is changed, so the site users will never wind up seeing out-of-date content.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

The Memcached data caching system comes as an upgrade with each Linux shared hosting that we are offering and you’ll be able to begin using it the moment you enable it, as the extension that it requires in order to perform correctly is already available on our avant-garde cloud web hosting platform. You can request the upgrade from the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with every web hosting plan and a brand new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will appear. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the instances and the amount of memory, so as to offer you more freedom. The first one refers to the number of the sites that can use Memcached, while the second one, which comes in increments of 16 MB, indicates the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A regularly visited website with a large database may need more memory so as to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so in case you’d like to upgrade this feature, you’ll be able to do it at any point with several clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can add the Memcached distributed memory caching platform to any of the Linux semi-dedicated servers that we offer and use its full capacity for any script-powered Internet site hosted by us. The upgrade is accessible through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can select two features – the instances and the amount of memory. These things specify how many sites can use the Memcached platform and the amount of memory that it will use to cache your info. You can select them independently, since one instance is not bound to a fixed amount of system memory, so you can use lots of memory for a single large-sized Internet site, for example. This upgrade is available in increments of 16 megabytes and you can get as much memory as you like. The platform can be used with any script-powered website regardless of its type, including those that are based on popular software applications like Joomla™, Drupal™ or WordPress, and a lot of companies like Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to optimize the loading speed of their websites.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached comes by default with all Linux VPS servers ordered with our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it requires in order to work properly is compiled when the Virtual Private Server is configured, so you can begin using the memory caching platform the moment your new server is fully operational. The memory that the Memcached caching platform can use depends on the particular Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the lower-end ones, you will get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will permit you to improve the performance of multiple sites hosted on the Virtual Private Server simultaneously and to decrease the load on the virtual machine even if you own regularly visited script-driven online portals with multiple visitors. The caching platform can be used with any script – Drupal™, Joomla™ or Mambo, or a custom-built one, and you’ll see the faster overall performance shortly after you begin using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

When you purchase any of our Linux dedicated web hosting plans and if you choose Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel on the order form, you will get the Memcached memory caching platform by default and you can activate it for each site that you host on the dedicated server without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin storing content as people access your Internet site, so you’ll notice the result of using it soon after that. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is three gigabytes and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to use the caching platform for a lot of sites or for an extremely heavy site without compromising its efficacy. The Memcached platform will allow you to accelerate the load speed of any database-driven site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress blog, an OpenCart web shop, etc., and to optimize the performance of your dedicated machine.