Memcached is a famous content caching system, which can improve the speed and the performance of your sites tremendously in case they use a database or an API. This is accomplished by caching the calls to the API/database and the responses that are returned, so if a visitor conducts a search for a certain product on your site, for instance, the database will not have to be accessed to display the results and the whole task will be completed considerably faster. This goes for all types of database-powered apps and not only for e-shops, as every time a web page is accessed, the app sends a database query to fetch the content that should be displayed. With Memcached, not only will your website open significantly faster, but it will also create much less server load. If any content in the database is edited, the cached replies will also be updated, so the website visitors will not see any old information.

Memcached in Shared Website Hosting

The Memcached data caching system is offered as an optional upgrade with each shared website hosting service that we are offering and you can start using it the moment you order it, as the PHP extension that it requires so as to work properly is already available on our innovative cloud web hosting platform. You can request the upgrade from the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every web hosting plan and a brand-new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will appear. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the number of instances and the system memory, so as to give you more flexibility. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites which can use Memcached, while the second one, which comes in increments of 16 megabytes, indicates the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A traffic-heavy website with a large-sized database may require more memory to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so in case you want to upgrade this service, you’ll be able to do it at any point with a couple of mouse clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can add the Memcached content caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated servers offered by us and make use of its full capacity for any script-powered site hosted by us. The upgrade is accessible through the Hepsia Control Panel and you can choose two features – the instances and the amount of memory. These things indicate how many websites can use Memcached and how much system memory it will use to store your data. You can select them independently, since one instance is not linked to a specific amount of system memory, so you can use lots of memory for one resource-hungry Internet site, for example. This upgrade is available in increments of 16 MB and you can get as much memory as you need. The platform can be used with any script-powered website regardless of its nature, including those that are based on popular applications like WordPress, Joomla™ or Drupal™, and many companies such as Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to improve the loading speed of their websites.

Memcached in VPS Servers

If you order a VPS server from our company, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no additional cost, as the memory caching platform is offered with all servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you own resource-hungry sites, you can improve their overall performance without effort and the reduced load on the virtual machine will enable you to continue using your current VPS hosting plan instead of upgrading to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use to cache info depends on the plan that you are using, but even with a lower-end one, you will get no less than several hundred megabytes, which is significantly more than what you’d get with a shared web hosting plan, so the website performance boost will be substantial. You can take advantage of Memcached with any database-powered application, no matter if you have developed it yourself or you’re using a ready-to-use one like Joomla™, WordPress or OpenCart.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

When you buy any of our dedicated servers and if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel on the order form, you’ll get the Memcached content caching platform as standard and you can set it up for any website that you host on the server without upgrading or installing anything. It will begin storing information as users open your website, so you’ll see the effects of using it soon after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is 3 gigabytes and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated plan, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will allow you to take advantage of the caching platform for numerous websites or for a very large site without compromising its efficiency. Memcached will enable you to enhance the loading speed of any database-driven Internet site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal diary, an OpenCart e-shop, etc., and to boost the performance of your dedicated machine.