Memcached is a caching system, which is used to enhance the loading speed of database-driven sites by caching the requests and the responses between the visitor and the server. In other words, every time a specific web page on such a site is accessed, the script queries its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks on a link to visit some other page, the entire operation is executed again and this results in numerous database calls and higher server load, particularly if the website has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so in case any of these pages is opened again, the script no longer needs to extract any information from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your website will increase and you will get more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to browse your website much faster. Furthermore, Memcached updates its cache every time any data in the database is edited, so the site users will never wind up seeing outdated content.

Memcached in Shared Website Hosting

When you host script-driven sites in a shared website hosting account with us, you’ll be able to add Memcached to your shared web hosting plan with only a couple of clicks of the mouse via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantaneously and, since the necessary PHP extension is already installed on our advanced cloud hosting platform, you can begin using it right away. To give you more versatility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of system memory that Memcached will use. The latter is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you wish. Naturally, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so if you’ve got a large-sized website with a lot of content, you may require more memory to be able to make the most of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can get the Memcached distributed memory caching system as an upgrade with all our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages and since it works with any script-based software application, you can use it for each site that you host on our platform, regardless of what application you have used – WordPress, Mambo or Joomla™, a custom-built application, etc. You can order the upgrade from the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated account, and you can select two separate things – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. In other words, these things show how many Internet sites will use Memcached and the maximum amount of system memory that the system will be able to use in order to store your data. The two features are offered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come bundled with a pre-defined amount of system memory. You can make use of the Memcached system with any kind of website and both you and your visitors will swiftly perceive the difference in the overall performance.

Memcached in VPS

Memcached is offered by default with each virtual private server offered by our company if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel, so you will not need to pay anything extra to be able to take advantage of the maximum capacity of this distributed memory object caching system. The more powerful plan you pick, the more system memory Memcached will have for content caching purposes, but you will have at least several hundred MB at all times, which is much more than the amount of memory you would get with a shared hosting package. This will allow you to use the Memcached system for plenty of Internet sites, no matter how large they are, which in turn means that you can use a low-end plan for them without overloading the virtual machine. The Memcached caching system is perfect for script-based apps like WordPress, OpenCart, Joomla™ or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom app. Shortly after you activate the Memcached system, it will begin storing data and you’ll observe the enhanced performance of your websites.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

Each dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can start using this distributed memory caching system once the dedicated server is fully ready, without needing to install or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the server that you’ve selected, but since our servers are astonishingly powerful and due to the fact that it’s likely that you will host resource-demanding websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be three gigabytes. This will allow you to accelerate the overall performance of very busy sites without any effort and you’ll observe the difference shortly after Memcached starts caching database queries. You can make the most of the Memcached caching system with any database-powered portal, including those based on widely used CMSs like WordPress and Joomla™.