Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which is used to increase the performance of database-powered Internet sites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. In other words, every time a certain web page on such a website is accessed, the script connects to its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks on a hyperlink to visit some other page, the entire procedure is repeated and this results in lots of database requests and high load on the server, even more so if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this exchange of information, so in case any of these pages is opened again, the script no longer has to fetch any info from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your site will "soar" and you’ll get more gratified visitors and they will be able to navigate through your site much faster. At the same time, Memcached "refreshes" its cache if any content in the database is modified, so the site visitors will never see out-of-date content.

Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting

You can use the Memcached memory caching system with all Linux cloud web hosting service that we’re offering. It is available as an optional upgrade, which you can order with only a few clicks through your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system once you order it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more flexibility depending on the websites that you’d like to use it for. The first one concerns the number of the websites that will use Memcached, or the ‘instances’, while the second one refers to the memory, i.e. to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can get more memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you have ordered, the more content will be cached, which may be a really good idea for regularly visited websites with large-sized databases and lots of concurrent visitors. In this way, you can boost the overall performance of every script-driven website hosted on our cloud servers effortlessly.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you purchase any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you will 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 Internet sites hosted in the semi-dedicated account, you can add it with only a few clicks. The memory caching platform is perfect for any script-driven software app like WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom-made app, and depending on your requirements, you’ll be able to choose two different things – how many websites will use Memcached, i.e. the number of instances; and how much information will be cached, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will employ. The two things are not bound to each other, so if you manage a regularly visited website with lots of data, you can order one instance and a larger amount of system memory. Memcached will improve the overall performance of your Internet sites shortly after you activate it and both you and your site visitors will enjoy better loading speeds.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached is available as standard with all Linux VPS hosting service ordered with our custom Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it requires to work correctly is compiled when the Virtual Private Server is set up, so you can start using the memory caching platform the moment your new VPS server is ready. The memory that Memcached can employ depends on the particular plan, but even with the lower-end ones, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal only for this platform. This will permit you to optimize the overall performance of numerous websites hosted on the VPS server simultaneously and to decrease the load on the machine even if you manage data-loaded script-based online portals with many viewers. The Memcached caching platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Drupal™ or Joomla™, or a custom-developed script, and you’ll detect the faster performance shortly after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

You can unlock the full potential of Memcached with each and every dedicated server that we offer if you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel. A special section in it is dedicated to the distributed memory caching system and you can start using Memcached for any site hosted on the machine with only a few mouse clicks. You can optimize the overall performance of any website, irrespective of what script-based software application you’re using or how popular the Internet site is, since the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to use is three gigabytes and this amount rises seriously with the higher-end dedicated servers. Shortly after the caching system is activated, it will begin caching information anytime someone accesses your site, so, as soon as enough data has been cached, you will distinguish the decreased load on the dedicated machine and the optimized performance of your website. Memcached is used by many sites, among them famous portals like Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which is an evidence of the effectiveness of the Memcached caching system.