Memcached is a data caching platform, which is used to accelerate the speed of database-driven Internet sites by caching the calls and the responses between the user and the server. To put it simply, every time a particular web page on such a website is requested, the script queries its database to fetch the information that should be shown to the visitor. In case the latter clicks on a link to go to another web page, the whole operation is carried out again and this generates a lot of database requests and excessive server load, particularly if the website has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is visited again, the script no longer has to request any data from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your website will "soar" and you will have more satisfied visitors and they will be able to navigate through your site faster. In addition, the Memcached platform updates its cache every time any information in the database is modified, so the website visitors will never end up seeing out-of-date content.

Memcached in Web Hosting

You can take advantage of the Memcached object caching system with all Linux web hosting offered by us. It is offered as an optional upgrade, which you can add with only a few clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It requires a PHP extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system once you order it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will offer you more versatility depending on the Internet sites that you wish to use it for. The first part reveals the number of the sites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the so-called ‘instances’, while the second one is related to the system memory, i.e. to how much content the system will be able to cache. You can get more system memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you have, the more content will be cached, which may be a pretty good idea for heavy-traffic sites with very large databases and lots of visitors. Thus, you can increase the loading speed of any script-driven Internet site hosted on our cloud servers with no effort.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you purchase any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades section of your Hepsia Control Panel, so if you’d like to use it for any of the sites hosted in the account, you can enable it with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. The caching platform is suitable for any script-based software app such as WordPress, Joomla™, or even an in-house built app, and depending on your necessities, you will be able to select two separate things – how many 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 employ. The two things are not tied to each other, so if you’ve got a high-demand site with a lot of data, you can order one instance and a large amount of system memory. Memcached will optimize the overall performance of your sites shortly after you enable it and both you and your visitors will enjoy much faster loading times.

Memcached in VPS Hosting

Memcached is included by default with each virtual private server that we are offering if you select Hepsia as your Control Panel, so you won’t have to pay anything extra to be able to take advantage of the maximum capacity of this memory caching system. The more powerful VPS package you select, the more memory Memcached will have for information caching purposes, but you will have at least several hundred megabytes at all times, which is much more than what you’d get with a shared package. This will enable you to use the Memcached caching system for lots of Internet sites, irrespective of how heavy they are, which in turn means that you can use a less powerful package for them without overloading your server. The Memcached caching system is ideal for script-powered applications like Joomla™, WordPress, OpenCart or Mambo, and you can utilize it even with a custom-developed app. Shortly after you enable Memcached, it will begin caching information and you will notice the optimized performance of your websites.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

Memcached comes for free with all Linux dedicated servers hosting packages offered by us and the one and only requirement is that the dedicated machine must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the data caching system for any database-driven website, including those based on famous software applications – for example, a WordPress online blog or a Joomla™-powered social networking website. Each dedicated machine comes with a particular amount of system memory that Memcached can use, but the minimum you will get is 3 GB, which is sufficient enough to improve the loading speed of extremely busy sites greatly, since this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached information. The Memcached system will start storing information as soon as it’s activated, so shortly thereafter, you’ll see the improved overall performance of your Internet sites and the decreased load. A lot of sites use Memcached to improve their efficiency, among them popular ones like Reddit and Wikipedia.