Memcached is a distributed memory caching system, which is used to increase the overall performance of database-powered websites by caching the requests and the replies between the user and the server. In simple terms, every time a given page on such a website is requested, the script sends a database query to fetch the info that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to open another page, the whole process is repeated and this results in plenty of database calls and excessive load on the server, even more so if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to fetch any information from the database, as everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall speed of your website will increase and you will have more satisfied visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your website faster. What’s more, Memcached updates its cache if any info in the database is edited, so the users will never wind up seeing old content.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

You can take advantage of the Memcached content caching system with all shared hosting plans that we’re offering. It is available as an optional upgrade, which you can enable with just a couple of mouse clicks from your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It needs a PHP extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud hosting platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system once you add it. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts, which will give you more freedom depending on the Internet sites that you’d like to use it for. The first one shows the number of the websites that will use Memcached, or the so-called ‘instances’, whereas the second one refers to the memory, in other words – to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can get more system memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you’ve got, the more content will be cached, which may be an exceptionally good idea for regularly visited websites with large-sized databases and a lot of visitors. In this way, you can boost the loading speed of any script-based website hosted on our servers without any efforts.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can add the Memcached caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated hosting plans that we offer and make use of its full potential for any script-driven website hosted by us. The upgrade is available through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can choose two things – the instances and the amount of system memory. These things determine the number of the websites that can use the Memcached caching platform and the amount of memory that it will use to cache your content. You can choose them separately, since one instance is not linked to a specific amount of system memory, so you can use plenty of memory for a single busy website, for example. This feature is offered in increments of 16 MB and you can order as much memory as you want. The platform can be used with any script-driven site irrespective of its type, including those that are based on widely used software apps like WordPress, Drupal™ or Joomla™, and many companies like Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to enhance the speed of their websites.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached comes by default with each VPS server that we are offering provided that you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel, so you will not have to pay anything extra to be able to take advantage of the power of this caching system. The more powerful Virtual Private Server hosting package you choose, the more system memory Memcached will have for data caching purposes, but you’ll have at least several hundred megabytes all the time, which is much more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared hosting package. This will enable you to use the Memcached caching system for multiple websites, no matter how popular they are, which in turn means that you can use a low-end package for them without overloading the VPS. The Memcached caching system is perfect for script-driven software applications such as OpenCart, Joomla™, WordPress or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom-built app. Soon after you enable the Memcached caching system, it will start storing info and you’ll perceive the improved overall performance of your sites.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

You can take advantage of the full potential of Memcached with each dedicated server that we’re offering if you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel. A special section in it is dedicated to the data caching system and you can begin using Memcached for any website hosted on the dedicated server with only several clicks. You can improve the performance of any Internet site, no matter what script-driven app you rely on or how busy the website is, as the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is three gigabytes and this amount rises significantly with the more powerful servers. Shortly after the caching system is enabled, it will start caching content each time someone opens your site, so, as soon as enough content has been cached, you will distinguish the lowered load and the optimized performance of your Internet site. The Memcached system is used by numerous websites, including popular portals like Reddit, Wikipedia and Zynga, which verifies the efficiency of the Memcached system.