Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which has been gaining in popularity in recent years due to its effectiveness. It’s used to cache requests and replies between a database and the app that is using it, which can boost the overall performance of your website and decrease the created server load substantially. Anytime a webpage on an application-driven Internet site is accessed, the app connects to the database and "asks" what information should be shown, and then fetches it. With Memcached, these procedures are omitted, as the platform has already cached all of the content that should show up on a particular web page. When any data is modified, the Memcached content is updated too, so the website visitors will never end up seeing old data. The Memcached platform is an excellent solution for every website that attracts lots of viewers, as it will make it open faster and will improve the overall user experience.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

The Memcached memory caching system comes as an upgrade with each and every shared hosting package that we’re offering and you’ll be able to begin using it once you activate it, since the PHP extension that it requires in order to perform properly is pre-installed on our innovative cloud hosting platform. You can request the upgrade via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each shared web hosting plan and a brand new Control Panel section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the number of instances and the system memory, so as to give you more freedom. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use Memcached, whereas the second one, which comes in increments of 16 MB, indicates the total size of the content that the system can cache. A popular site with a very large database may need more memory to take an even bigger advantage of the Memcached caching system, so in case you want to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any time with several mouse clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you get any of our semi-dedicated server packages, you will find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the Internet sites hosted in your account, you can activate it with only a few clicks. The distributed memory caching platform is suitable for any script-powered software application such as WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom-made one, and depending on your necessities, you’ll be able to choose two separate things – how many websites will use Memcached, i.e. the number of instances; and how much info will be stored, i.e. the amount of system memory that the platform will use. The two things are not tied to each other, so if you run a frequently visited Internet site with a lot of data, you can get one instance and a large amount of system memory. Memcached will accelerate the performance of your websites soon after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy faster load times.

Memcached in VPS Hosting

Memcached comes by default with all VPS hosting packages that are ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it needs to work correctly is compiled when the Virtual Private Server is set up, so you can start using the caching platform once your brand new VPS is fully ready. The system memory that the Memcached platform can use depends on the particular Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the low-end ones, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal exclusively for this platform. This will allow you to improve the performance of multiple sites hosted on the server at the same time and to lower the load on the machine even if you own large script-driven online portals with multiple users. The caching platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Joomla™ or Drupal™, or a custom-built one, and you will notice the better overall performance soon after you begin using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

When you acquire any of our Linux dedicated web hosting and if you select Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel at signup, you’ll get Memcached by default and you can use it with each site that you host on your dedicated server without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin caching information as users access your Internet site, so you’ll see the results of using it shortly thereafter. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the caching platform is 3 GB and normally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will allow you to take advantage of the platform for plenty of Internet sites or for an extremely popular site without compromising its efficiency. The Memcached platform will permit you to enhance the loading speed of any database-driven site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal journal, an OpenCart web shop, etc., and to boost the overall performance of your dedicated machine.