Memcached is a commonly used data caching system, which can increase the speed and the performance of your Internet sites significantly if they use an API or a database. This is accomplished by caching the calls to the API/database and the replies that are delivered, so if a user conducts a search for some product on your website, for example, the database will not have to be accessed to display the results and the whole operation will be carried out notably quicker. That goes for all types of database-driven apps and not only for e-shops, since every time a page is opened, the app sends a database request to get the content that should be displayed. With Memcached, not only will your website open noticeably faster, but it will also generate much less load. If any data in the database is changed, the cached responses will also be ‘refreshed’, so the users won’t see any out-of-date information.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

If you host script-driven sites in a shared hosting account with us, you can add the Memcached memory caching system to your shared hosting plan with only a couple of clicks via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantaneously and, since the extension needed for it is already installed on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform, you can begin using it straight away. To give you more versatility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many Internet sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of memory that Memcached will use. The latter is available in increments of 16 MB and you can order memory as many times as you wish. Naturally, the more memory Memcached is allowed to use, the more data it will cache, so if you’ve got a resource-demanding site with lots of content, you may need more memory in order to be able to take full advantage of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you choose to host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached easily, as the caching platform’s setup requires a few mouse clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel. The required extension is already installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can start using Memcached as soon as you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You’ll be able to select how many Internet sites can use it and how much data it will cache, in other words – there’re two separate upgradable features – the number of instances and the memory. You can get more of both, so if one of your websites becomes extremely popular, for example, you can always get more memory. Our system is truly flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a particular number of instances to a pre-defined amount of memory. You can use the Memcached platform to increase the loading speed of any script-driven Internet site, including those that are based on widely used apps, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You’ll get Memcached with each of the VPS server plans that we’re offering in case you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel and you will be able to activate the distributed memory caching platform via the Control Panel section with the same name. The activation takes a few mouse clicks and you’ll distinguish the difference in the performance of your websites almost immediately. The amount of memory that the Memcached platform can take advantage of to store data depends on the particular Virtual Private Server hosting package that you’ve picked, but in any case it won’t be less than several hundred MB, which is quite enough even for multiple intense-traffic websites. You can use Memcached with sites based on WordPress, Joomla™ or any other app and decrease the load on your VPS server, which will enable you to continue using the current Virtual Private Server plan rather than moving to a more powerful one, as you will simply not need it. Memcached is already being used by popular websites such as Reddit, Zynga and Wikipedia, which proves its effectiveness.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Each dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using the distributed memory object caching system once the dedicated server is completely functional, without having to upgrade or install anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the server that you have selected, but since our servers are exceptionally powerful and due to the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-hungry sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use is 3 GB. This will enable you to boost the performance of very busy Internet sites without any effort and you will note the difference soon after the Memcached caching system begins caching database queries. You can make the most of the caching system with any database-driven website, including those based on famous CMSs like Joomla™ and WordPress.