Memcached is a distributed memory object caching platform, which is used to accelerate the performance of database-powered websites by caching the requests and the replies between the visitor and the server. Put simply, anytime a specific page on such a website is visited, the script queries its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the visitor. If the latter clicks a hyperlink to open a different web page, the whole operation is repeated and this generates a lot of database calls and high server load, even more so if the site has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer has to call any content from the database, since everything is delivered by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your site will "soar" and you will have more happy visitors and they’ll be able to browse your website faster. Additionally, Memcached "refreshes" its cache when any content in the database is edited, so the site users will never see outdated data.

Memcached in Cloud Hosting

You can use the Memcached distributed memory object caching system with all cloud packages offered by our company. It is offered as an upgrade, which you can order with just a couple of clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It requires a PHP extension, which is already installed on our cloud platform, so you can start using the Memcached caching system the moment you order it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will offer you more flexibility depending on the sites that you wish to use it for. The first part specifies the number of the sites 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 add more memory in increments of 16 MB and the more memory you have added, the more content will be cached, which may be a really good idea for popular websites with very large databases and many concurrent visitors. In this way, you can accelerate the loading speed of every script-based site hosted on our cloud servers with no effort.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can get the Memcached distributed memory caching system as an optional upgrade with each of our semi-dedicated hosting and since it works with any script-powered web application, you can use it for each site that you host on our platform, irrespective of what app you have used – Joomla™, Mambo or WordPress, a custom-developed one, etc. You can order the upgrade through the respective section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two separate features – the number of instances and the amount of memory that they will use. Basically, these things specify the number of the websites that will use the Memcached system and the total amount of memory that the system will be able to use in order to store your data. The two features are ordered independently for more freedom and one instance does not come with a pre-defined amount of memory. You can make use of Memcached with any kind of site and both you and your site visitors will quickly notice the difference in the performance.

Memcached in VPS Hosting

Memcached comes as standard with all VPS hosting that are ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. The extension it requires to perform correctly is compiled when the Virtual Private Server is configured, so you can start using the content caching platform the moment your brand-new virtual server is up and running. The memory that the Memcached platform can use depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the low-end ones, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will allow you to optimize the performance of multiple sites hosted on the virtual server simultaneously and to lower the load on the machine even if you’ve got frequently visited script-driven portals with multiple visitors. The Memcached caching platform can be used with any script – Drupal™, Joomla™ or Mambo, or a custom-developed script, and you’ll observe the better performance soon after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

When you acquire any of our dedicated servers hosting packages and if you select Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel at signup, you’ll get Memcached by default and you can activate it for each Internet site that you host on the server without installing or upgrading anything. It will start storing data as users access your website, so you will detect the effect of using it shortly thereafter. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the caching platform is three gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the plan, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to use the platform for many sites or for a very busy website without weakening its effectiveness. The Memcached platform will allow you to boost the load speed of any database-driven website very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal blog, an OpenCart web store, etc., and to improve the overall performance of your dedicated machine.