Memcached is a content caching system, which is used to accelerate the performance of database-powered websites by caching the requests and the replies between the user and the server. Simply put, every time a particular web page on such a site is requested, the script connects to its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the website visitor. If the latter clicks a hyperlink to go to another page, the entire procedure is repeated and this leads to plenty of database queries and higher load on the server, particularly if the website has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is visited again, the script no longer has to pull any info from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your site will increase and you will get more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your website much faster. In addition, the Memcached platform updates its cache if any information in the database is updated, so the users will never see out-of-date data.

Memcached in Website Hosting

When you host script-based sites in a website hosting account with us, you will be able to add the Memcached distributed memory object caching system to your hosting plan with only a couple of mouse clicks through your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantly and, since the extension needed for it is pre-installed on our innovative cloud website hosting platform, you can start using it straight away. To give you more versatility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many Internet sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of memory that Memcached will use. The latter comes in increments of 16 MB and you can add memory whenever you want. Logically, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more data it will cache, so if you run a resource-intensive site with lots of content, you may require more memory to be able to take full advantage of the power that Memcached can offer you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you acquire one of our semi-dedicated server packages, you will find Memcached as an optional upgrade in the Upgrades part of your Hepsia Control Panel, so if you would like to use it for any of the sites hosted in your semi-dedicated account, you can add it with just a couple of mouse clicks. The object caching platform is ideal for any script-driven application like Joomla™, WordPress, or even a custom-made one, and depending on your demands, you will be able to choose two separate features – how many websites will use the Memcached platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much content will be cached, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will employ. The two features are not bound to each other, so if you have a popular site with a lot of content, you can order one instance and a large amount of system memory. Memcached will improve the performance of your Internet sites soon after you enable it and both you and your site visitors will enjoy better loading speeds.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

You can unlock the full potential of Memcached with each dedicated server that we offer in case you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. A special Control Panel section is dedicated to the object caching system and you can start using Memcached for any website hosted on the machine with only several mouse clicks. You can increase the performance of any site, no matter what script-based application you rely on or how busy the Internet site is, as the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to use is three gigabytes and this amount increases significantly with the more powerful dedicated servers. Soon after the system is enabled, it will begin caching data every time someone opens your website, so, as soon as sufficient info has been cached, you will notice the reduced load on the dedicated server and the improved overall performance of the website. The Memcached system is used by many websites, among them popular portals like Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which is an evidence of the efficiency of the Memcached system.