Memcached is a distributed memory caching platform, which is used to accelerate the performance of database-driven sites by caching the calls and the replies between the visitor and the server. Simply put, every time a particular web page on such a site is visited, the script queries its database to get the info that should be shown to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to visit another page, the entire procedure is executed again and this generates plenty of database calls and high load on the server, especially if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer has to extract any info from the database, as everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your website will increase and you will get more satisfied visitors and they will be able to surf through your website much faster. What’s more, the Memcached platform updates its cache when any information in the database is updated, so the site visitors will never see outdated content.

Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting

Memcached comes as an upgrade with each and every cloud web hosting plan that we are offering and in case you want to use it for any script-driven website that you host on our innovative cloud hosting platform, you will be able to enable it in a few easy steps via your Hepsia Control Panel. In the meantime, you will be offered the option to upgrade two separate features – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one has to do with the number of the websites that can use the Memcached content caching system at the same time, so if you need it for several websites, you can order a number of instances. The second one refers to the maximum amount of memory that the system will be able to use to cache content, so for plenty of websites (or for one busy site), you may want to order more memory for better performance. The memory comes in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be added at any point. With the Memcached caching system, every script-powered Internet site hosted on our cloud servers will open amazingly fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you get any of our semi-dedicated server packages, you will find Memcached as an optional upgrade in the Upgrades part of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you would like to use it for any of the sites hosted in the semi-dedicated account, you can enable it with only a couple of mouse clicks. The platform is perfect for any script-powered software application like WordPress, Joomla™, or even an in-house built app, and depending on your demands, you’ll be able to choose two different features – how many websites will use the Memcached platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much data will be stored, i.e. the amount of memory that the platform will employ. The two things are not bound to each other, so if you have a frequently visited Internet site with a lot of data, you can order one instance and a large amount of system memory. The Memcached platform will enhance the performance of your websites soon after you enable it and both you and your visitors will enjoy faster loading speeds.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached is included by default with each and every VPS server that we offer provided that you choose Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel, so you won’t have to pay anything extra to be able to use the maximum capacity of this object caching system. The more powerful VPS plan you choose, the more memory Memcached will have for content storage purposes, but you will have at least several hundred MB all the time, which is much more than the amount of memory you would get with a shared package. This will enable you to use Memcached for multiple Internet sites, regardless of how busy they are, which in turn goes to say that you can use a less powerful package for them without overloading the server. The Memcached caching system is perfect for script-powered software apps such as Joomla™, WordPress, OpenCart or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom app. Soon after you activate the Memcached caching system, it will begin caching information and you’ll notice the enhanced performance of your sites.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Each dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can start using this content caching system once the server is completely ready, without having to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can use depends on the dedicated server that you’ve selected, but since our servers are unbelievably powerful and due to the fact that it is likely that you’ll host resource-demanding websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use is 3 gigabytes. This will permit you to improve the performance of extremely busy sites with ease and you’ll observe the difference soon after the Memcached caching system begins caching database queries. You can make full use of the caching system with any database-powered web page, including those that are based on popular Content Management Systems like WordPress and Joomla™.