Memcached is a distributed memory object caching platform, which has been gaining in popularity in recent years due to its effectiveness. It’s used to cache queries and replies between a database and the app that’s using it, which can boost the performance of your website and lessen the created load drastically. Every time a web page on an application-driven website is opened, the app connects to the database and "asks" what info should be displayed, and then fetches it. With Memcached, these procedures are omitted, as the platform has already cached all of the content that should be shown on a certain page. When any content is changed, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ too, so the visitors will never end up seeing out-of-date content. Memcached is a perfect option for every website that has plenty of visitors, since it will speed it up and will improve the overall user experience.

Memcached in Shared Website Hosting

You can make use of Memcached with all Linux shared website hosting that we offer. It’s offered as an optional upgrade, which you can add with just a few mouse clicks from your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It needs a PHP extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud website hosting platform, so you can begin using Memcached once you add it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more flexibility depending on the sites that you’d like to use it for. The first one determines the number of the Internet sites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the ‘instances’, while the second one refers to the memory, in other words – to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can add more memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you’ve added, the more content will be cached, which may be a really good idea for traffic-heavy websites with large-sized databases and many simultaneous visitors. Thus, you can enhance the speed of any script-powered Internet site hosted on our cloud servers without any effort.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you decide to host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to take advantage of Memcached effortlessly, since the object caching platform’s setup takes a couple of clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia Control Panel. The extension that is required is pre-installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can begin using the Memcached caching platform as soon as you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You will be able to select how many Internet sites can use it and how much information it will cache, i.e. there are two separate features that can be upgraded – the instances and the amount of system memory. You can add more of both, so if one of your Internet sites becomes extremely busy, for instance, you can always get more memory. Our system is really flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a specific number of instances to a pre-defined amount of system memory. You can use Memcached to accelerate any script-driven Internet site, including those that are based on popular apps, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS Servers

When you order a VPS server from our company, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no additional cost, as the object caching platform is offered with all VPSs ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you run content-heavy sites, you can enhance their performance effortlessly and the decreased load on the VPS will enable you to keep using your current Virtual Private Server plan rather than upgrading to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that Memcached can use to store data depends on the package that you’re using, but even with a less powerful one, you will have at least several hundred megabytes, which is significantly more than what you’d get with a shared hosting plan, so the website performance boost will be noticeable. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-powered app, irrespective of whether you’ve developed it yourself or you’re using a ready-made one such as WordPress, Joomla™ or OpenCart.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Memcached comes free of charge with all Linux dedicated servers that we’re offering and the sole requirement is that the server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. You can use the data caching system for any database-driven website, including those based on famous web apps – for instance, a WordPress personal blog or a Joomla™-driven social network. Each dedicated machine is tied to a certain amount of system memory that Memcached can use, but the minimum amount you’ll get is 3 gigabytes, which is quite enough to increase the loading speed of extremely heavy websites considerably, as this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached content. The Memcached system will begin caching info once it’s activated, so shortly thereafter, you will note the optimized overall performance of your Internet sites and the decreased load on your dedicated machine. Many sites use the Memcached system to boost their effectiveness, including famous ones like Reddit and Wikipedia.