Memcached is a widespread data caching platform, which can boost the speed and the performance of your Internet sites substantially if they use an API or a database. This is accomplished by caching the requests to the database/API and the responses that are delivered, so if someone searches for a specific product on your Internet site, for example, the database will not have to be accessed to display the results and the entire task will be performed much faster. That goes for all kinds of database-powered apps and not only for e-commerce portals, as every time a particular page is accessed, the application connects to its database to get the data that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your website open noticeably faster, but it will also produce much less server load. If any content in the database is modified, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the users will not see any outdated information.
Memcached in Shared Web Hosting
You can use the Memcached object caching system with all Linux shared web hosting packages that we’re offering. It is offered as an optional upgrade, which you can add with only a couple of mouse clicks via your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system the moment you add it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more flexibility depending on the Internet sites that you wish to use it for. The first part defines the number of the websites that will use Memcached, or the ‘instances’, whereas the second one is related to the memory, i.e. to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can order more memory in increments of 16 MB and the more memory you’ve got, the more data will be cached, which may be a good idea for frequently visited websites with large-size databases and a lot of simultaneous visitors. In this way, you can improve the loading speed of every script-driven website hosted on our servers without efforts.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can add Memcached to any of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages that we’re offering and use its full potential for any script-powered website hosted by us. The upgrade is available through the Hepsia Control Panel and you can select two features – the instances and the system memory. These things specify the number of the websites that can use the Memcached platform and the amount of system memory that it will use to store your information. You can select them independently, since one instance is not bound to a specific amount of memory, so you can use lots of memory for one busy Internet site, for example. This feature is available in increments of 16 MB and you can order as much memory as you like. The platform can be used with any script-powered website irrespective of its nature, including those based on popular web-based applications like WordPress, Joomla™ or Drupal™, and a lot of companies such as Wikipedia and Zynga are already using it to increase the performance of their sites.
Memcached in VPS Hosting
If you buy a virtual private server from our company, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no extra fee, as the content caching platform is offered with all Virtual Private Servers ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you’ve got resource-heavy Internet sites, you will be able to boost their performance without efforts and the lowered load on your VPS will enable you to keep your current Virtual Private Server plan rather than switching to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can use to store data depends on the package that you are using, but even with a low-end one, you will have no less than several hundred MB, which is significantly more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared hosting plan, so the website performance boost will be substantial. You can take advantage of the Memcached platform with any database-driven app, no matter if you have written it on your own or you’re using a ready-for-use one such as Joomla™, OpenCart or WordPress.
Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting
Memcached comes free of charge with all Linux dedicated servers hosting packages that we offer and the one and only requirement is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the memory caching system for any database-driven site, including those based on famous software apps – for example, a WordPress weblog or a Joomla™-powered social networking site. Each server is tied to a certain amount of system memory that the Memcached system can use, but the minimum amount you’ll get is 3 GB, which is quite enough to enhance the speed of very busy sites seriously, since this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached info. The Memcached system will begin storing info the moment it’s enabled, so soon after that, you’ll distinguish the optimized overall performance of your websites and the reduced load. Numerous sites use Memcached to improve their efficiency, including popular ones like Reddit and Wikipedia.