Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which is used to increase the speed of database-driven websites by caching the requests and the responses between the website visitor and the server. In simple terms, every time a particular web page on such a website is opened, the script queries its database to fetch the info that should be displayed to the website visitor. If the latter clicks a link to visit another page, the entire procedure is repeated and this leads to plenty of database queries and excessive load on the server, particularly if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so in case any of these pages is visited again, the script no longer needs to call any info from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your site will "soar" and you will enjoy more happy visitors and they’ll be able to browse your site faster. Also, Memcached updates its cache when any data in the database is modified, so the users will never end up seeing out-of-date content.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

Memcached comes as an optional upgrade with each shared hosting package offered by us and if you would like to use it for any script-driven website that you host on our avant-garde cloud website hosting platform, you’ll be able to order it in a couple of simple steps via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the process, you’ll get the option to upgrade two separate things – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one has to do with the number of the Internet sites that can use Memcached simultaneously, so if you need it for several Internet sites, you can order a number of instances. The second one refers to the total amount of memory that the system will be able to use in order to cache data, so for plenty of websites (or for one single large-size site), you should order more memory for better performance. The memory is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be added at any time. With Memcached, every script-powered website hosted on our servers will open much faster.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you acquire any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the websites hosted in the semi-dedicated account, you can enable it with just a few mouse clicks. The caching platform is perfect for any script-based software application like Joomla™, WordPress, or even a custom-developed one, and depending on your needs, you’ll be able to choose two different things – how many Internet sites will use the Memcached platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much information will be cached, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will use. The two features are not tied to each other, so if you own a traffic-consuming site with a lot of data, you can get one instance and a larger amount of memory. The Memcached caching platform will optimize the overall performance of your sites soon after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy much better loading speeds.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You will get Memcached with each of the VPS server packages offered by our company if you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel and you will be able to activate the memory caching platform via the section with the same name. The activation requires a couple of clicks of the mouse and you will distinguish the difference in the performance of your sites almost momentarily. The amount of memory that the Memcached caching platform can take advantage of to store data depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan that you’ve selected, but in any case it will not be less than several hundred megabytes, which is more than enough even for multiple resource-hungry Internet sites. You can use the Memcached platform with websites based on WordPress, Joomla™ or any other software app and lower the load on your Virtual Private Server, which will enable you to keep using the current VPS hosting plan instead of upgrading to a more powerful one, since you simply won’t need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by popular websites like Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which demonstrates its efficacy.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

When you obtain one of our Linux dedicated service and if you choose Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel during the signup process, you’ll get the Memcached distributed memory caching platform as standard and you can activate it for any site that you host on your dedicated machine without installing or upgrading anything. It will start caching content as users visit your website, so you will detect the results of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the caching platform is 3 GB and normally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to use the caching platform for plenty of websites or for a very popular site without weakening its efficiency. The Memcached platform will allow you to enhance the load speed of any database-powered website very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal diary, an OpenCart web shop, etc., and to enhance the overall performance of your dedicated server.