Memcached is a distributed memory caching system, which is used to enhance the overall performance of database-powered Internet sites by caching the calls and the responses between the user and the server. In other words, every time a specific page on such a site is opened, the script sends a query to its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks on a hyperlink to visit some other web page, the entire operation is performed again and this results in plenty of database requests and excessive load on the server, even more so if the site has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these pages is requested again, the script no longer needs to fetch any data from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your site will increase and you’ll enjoy more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your website faster. Besides, Memcached updates its cache whenever any information in the database is changed, so the users will never see outdated content.
Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting
When you host script-based sites in a cloud website hosting account with us, you can add the Memcached distributed memory object caching system to your web hosting plan with only a couple of mouse clicks from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantaneously and, since the PHP extension needed for it is already installed on our innovative cloud hosting platform, you can start using it straight away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many websites will use Memcached) and to the system memory that Memcached will use. The latter is available in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order memory whenever you wish. Naturally, the more memory Memcached is permitted to use, the more data it will cache, so if you have a resource-requiring site with lots of data, you may need more memory in order to be able to take full advantage of the power that Memcached can offer you.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can get the Memcached distributed memory object caching system as an upgrade with all our semi-dedicated plans and since it works with any script-driven web app, you can use it for any site that you host on our semi-dedicated servers, irrespective of what application you have used – Joomla™, WordPress or Mambo, a custom-created one, etc. You can order the upgrade through the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated account, and you can select two separate features – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. To put it in simple terms, these things specify how many websites will use Memcached and the maximum amount of system memory that the system will be able to use to cache your info. The two things are offered independently for more freedom and one instance does not come with a particular amount of system memory. You can make use of Memcached with any sort of website and both you and your website visitors will swiftly spot the difference in the performance.
Memcached in VPS Servers
You’ll get Memcached with each of the VPS server plans offered by our company when you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel and you will be able to activate the caching platform through the section with the exact same name. The setup requires several clicks and you will see the difference in the performance of your sites almost momentarily. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can take advantage of to store information depends on the particular Virtual Private Server package that you have selected, but at any rate it won’t be less than several hundred megabytes, which is more than enough even for multiple intense-traffic websites. You can use Memcached with websites driven by Joomla™, WordPress or any other web-based application and reduce the load on your virtual machine, which will allow you to keep using the current VPS hosting plan rather than migrating to a more powerful one, as you simply won’t need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by popular websites like Wikipedia, Reddit and Zynga, which verifies its efficacy.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
Memcached is available for free with all dedicated web hosting plans that we offer and the sole condition is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the content caching system for any database-powered Internet site, including those based on famous Internet apps – for example, a WordPress online journal or a Joomla™-powered social network. Each server is tied to a specific amount of memory that the Memcached system can employ, but the minimum amount you will get is 3 GB, which is quite enough to optimize the loading speed of very large sites enormously, since this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached information. The Memcached system will begin caching data once it is activated, so shortly thereafter, you will observe the optimized overall performance of your Internet sites and the reduced load on your server. Lots of Internet sites use the Memcached caching system to enhance their effectiveness, including popular ones such as Reddit and Wikipedia.