Memcached is an object caching platform, which is used to enhance the speed of database-powered Internet sites by caching the requests and the responses between the website visitor and the server. In other words, every time a given page on such a website is accessed, the script connects to its database to get the info that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to visit another web page, the whole procedure is repeated and this results in multiple database queries and excessive server load, especially if the website has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to call any content from the database, since everything is delivered by the caching platform. In this way, the overall loading speed of your website will increase and you will get more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to browse your website much faster. Additionally, the Memcached platform updates its cache whenever any data in the database is updated, so the website users will never see outdated data.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

Memcached comes as an upgrade with each and every shared hosting package that we offer and in case you would like to use it for any script-powered Internet site that you host on our cutting-edge cloud platform, you’ll be able to activate it in a couple of simple steps via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the process, you will be offered the option to upgrade two different features – the instances and the memory. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use the Memcached content caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several sites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the total amount of memory that Memcached will be able to use in order to cache info, so for numerous websites (or for one resource-consuming site), you may want to get more memory for better performance. The memory comes in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be ordered at any point. With Memcached, any script-based website hosted on our cloud servers will load incredibly fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you acquire any of our semi-dedicated server packages, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the sites hosted in your semi-dedicated account, you can add it with just a couple of clicks. The memory caching platform is suitable for any script-based application like WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom-built app, and depending on your requirements, you’ll be able to select two separate features – how many sites will use the Memcached caching platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much information will be stored, i.e. the amount of system memory that the platform will use. The two features are not tied to each other, so if you manage a regularly visited site with lots of content, you can order one instance and a larger amount of memory. The Memcached caching platform will accelerate the performance of your sites shortly after you activate it and both you and your visitors will enjoy better load speeds.

Memcached in VPS

Memcached comes by default with all VPS ordered with our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it requires so as to perform correctly is compiled when the Virtual Private Server is set up, so you can start using the memory caching platform once your brand-new Virtual Private Server is completely operational. The system memory that Memcached can use depends on the particular 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 allow you to improve the overall performance of numerous websites hosted on the virtual server simultaneously and to lower the load even if you manage content-loaded script-powered websites with a lot of visitors. The Memcached caching platform can be used with any script – Drupal™, Mambo or Joomla™, or a custom-developed one, and you will distinguish the better performance shortly after you begin using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

Each dedicated server that’s ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can begin using this distributed memory caching system once the dedicated server is completely functional, without needing to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can employ depends on the server that you’ve selected, but since our servers are stunningly powerful and given the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-requiring Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be 3 GB. This will enable you to accelerate the overall performance of extremely busy websites without any effort and you will distinguish the difference soon after the Memcached caching system starts caching database calls. You can take advantage of the system with any database-driven online portal, including those that are based on widely used CMSs such as Joomla™ and WordPress.