Memcached is a memory caching platform, which is used to increase the load speed of database-powered websites by caching the calls and the replies between the user and the server. Put simply, anytime a specific web page on such a website is accessed, the script calls its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the visitor. In case the latter clicks on a link to go to another page, the entire operation is performed again and this generates lots of database queries and high server load, especially if the website has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer has to request any info from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. In this way, the overall speed of your site will "soar" and you will get more happy visitors and they will be able to navigate through your site much faster. Moreover, the Memcached platform updates its cache if any data in the database is altered, so the users will never see old content.

Memcached in Shared Web Hosting

You can take advantage of the Memcached memory caching system with all shared web hosting that we offer. It is offered as an upgrade, which you can enable with just a few clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is already installed on our cloud web hosting platform, so you can begin using Memcached the moment you add it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more versatility depending on the websites that you want to use it for. The first part indicates the number of the websites that will use Memcached, or the so-called ‘instances’, whereas the second one is related to the system memory, in other words – to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can get more memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you have ordered, the more content will be cached, which may be a pretty good idea for traffic-heavy websites with very large databases and plenty of concurrent visitors. Thus, you can increase the overall performance of every script-driven website hosted on our servers without effort.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you decide to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached with ease, as the object caching platform’s setup requires a couple of clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The PHP extension that it requires is pre-installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can start using the Memcached platform as soon as you add it to your account. You’ll be able to select how many Internet sites can use it and how much info can be cached, in other words – there’re two separate upgradable features – the instances and the system memory. You can get more of both, so if one of your Internet sites becomes extremely popular, for example, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is really flexible in this regard and we do not tie a given number of instances to a fixed amount of system memory. You can take advantage of the Memcached caching platform to improve the speed of any script-powered site, including those that are based on popular applications, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS Servers

If you purchase a VPS server from us, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no additional charge, as the caching platform comes with all VPS servers that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you’ve got traffic-intensive Internet sites, you can boost their overall performance without any effort and the lowered load on your server will allow you to keep using your current Virtual Private Server hosting package rather than upgrading to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that the Memcached caching platform can use to cache content depends on the plan that you’re using, but even with a less powerful one, you’ll get no less than several hundred MB, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared web hosting package, so the website performance boost will be enormous. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-powered application, irrespective of whether you have created it yourself or you are using a ready-for-use one such as OpenCart, Joomla™ or WordPress.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

When you get one of our Linux dedicated servers and if you choose Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel during the order process, you’ll get the Memcached distributed memory object caching platform by default and you can use it with any Internet site that you host on your dedicated server without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin caching content as people access your site, so you will notice the effect of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is three gigabytes and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated plan, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to take advantage of the platform for plenty of Internet sites or for an extremely large Internet site without weakening its efficacy. Memcached will permit you to boost the load speed of any database-powered website very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal blog, an OpenCart web shop, etc., and to improve the performance of your server.