Memcached is a caching platform, which is used to boost the loading speed of database-driven websites by caching the queries and the responses between the user and the server. To put it differently, every time a certain page on such a website is opened, the script connects to its database to request the info that should be displayed to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to go to a different page, the whole process is executed again and this results in multiple database requests and higher server load, particularly if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these pages is requested again, the script no longer has to call any content from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your website will increase and you’ll enjoy more satisfied visitors and they will be able to navigate through your website much faster. Moreover, Memcached "refreshes" its cache every time any information in the database is changed, so the visitors will never see old data.
Memcached in Hosting
You can make use of the Memcached distributed memory caching system with all Linux hosting plans that we offer. It is offered as an upgrade, which you can obtain with just a couple of clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It needs a PHP extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system the moment you order it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more versatility depending on the sites that you want to use it for. The first part reveals the number of the Internet sites that will use Memcached, or the so-called ‘instances’, while the second one refers to the memory, i.e. to how much content the system will be able to cache. You can order more system memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you have, the more data will be cached, which may be a rather good idea for high-demand sites with very large databases and lots of simultaneous visitors. In this way, you can accelerate the overall performance of any script-driven Internet site hosted on our cloud servers without effort.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you order any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you’ll find Memcached as an optional upgrade in the Upgrades section of the 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 just a couple of clicks. The object caching platform is suitable for any script-powered app like WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom-made application, and depending on your demands, you’ll be able to select two different features – how many sites will use Memcached, i.e. the number of instances; and how much info will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory that the platform will use. The two features are not tied to each other, so if you manage a busy Internet site with a lot of content, you can get one instance and a large amount of system memory. The Memcached caching platform will optimize the performance of your Internet sites shortly after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy much better loading times.
Memcached in VPS Servers
You will get Memcached with each of the VPS server packages that we are offering in case you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the object caching platform through the Control Panel section with the very same name. The setup takes a few mouse clicks and you’ll detect the difference in the performance of your websites almost immediately. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can employ to store content depends on the particular VPS hosting package that you’ve selected, but in any case it will not be less than several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for multiple content-heavy Internet sites. You can use the Memcached platform with websites powered by Joomla™, WordPress or any other application and decrease the load on your Virtual Private Server, which will permit you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server plan instead of switching to a more powerful one, as you will simply not need it. Memcached is already being used by famous websites such as Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which shows its efficacy.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
Each dedicated server that’s ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can begin using this distributed memory object caching system once your dedicated server is configured, without the need to install or upgrade anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can employ depends on the server that you’ve selected, but as our servers are extremely powerful and due to the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-consuming Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use is 3 gigabytes. This will allow you to enhance the overall performance of very busy Internet sites without effort and you’ll note the difference shortly after Memcached starts caching database queries. You can make the most of the Memcached caching system with any database-powered site, including those that are based on famous Content Management Systems such as Joomla™ and WordPress.