Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which has been gaining in popularity lately owing to its effectiveness. It’s used to cache queries and replies between a database and the application that’s using it, which can accelerate the overall performance of your site and lessen the generated server load tremendously. Every time a web page on an application-powered website is opened, the app connects to the database and "asks" what info should be shown, and then drags it. With Memcached, these steps are omitted, since the platform has already cached all of the content that should be displayed on a certain webpage. In case any content is edited, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the users will never end up seeing outdated data. Memcached is an excellent option for any website that attracts plenty of visitors, since it will make it extra-fast and will improve the user experience.
Memcached in Hosting
The Memcached content caching system comes as an optional upgrade with every hosting package offered by us and you can begin using it once you order it, since the PHP extension that it requires so as to work correctly is pre-installed on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform. You can request the upgrade from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each plan and a brand new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will show up. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the instances and the memory, so as to give you more flexibility. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites which can use the Memcached caching system, while the second, which is available in increments of 16 megabytes, indicates the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A traffic-intensive website with a large-sized database may need more memory to take an even greater advantage of Memcached, so in case you wish to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any given time with a few clicks of the mouse.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can get the Memcached content caching system as an upgrade with each of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting and since it works with any script-driven software application, you can use it for any website that you host on our servers, regardless of what application you have used – Mambo, Joomla™ or WordPress, a custom-built application, etc. You can add the upgrade via the respective section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated account, and you can select two different features – the instances and the amount of memory that they will use. In simple terms, these things show the number of the sites that will use Memcached and the amount of memory that the system will be able to use in order to store your data. The two things are ordered independently for more freedom and one instance does not come with a pre-defined amount of system memory. You can use Memcached with any sort of website and both you and your visitors will quickly see the difference in the performance.
Memcached in VPS
Memcached comes by default with each virtual private server offered by our company as long as you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel, so you won’t need to pay anything extra to be able to make the most of the power of this distributed memory object caching system. The more powerful VPS hosting plan you pick, the more system memory Memcached will have for data storage purposes, but you’ll have no less than several hundred MB all the time, which is much more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared hosting package. This will permit you to use Memcached for numerous sites, no matter how popular they are, which in turn means that you can use a lower-end package for them without overloading the server. The Memcached caching system is excellent for script-based software applications such as Joomla™, OpenCart, WordPress or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom app. Soon after you enable Memcached, it will start storing info and you will distinguish the enhanced overall performance of your sites.
Memcached in Dedicated Hosting
If you purchase any of our dedicated servers hosting packages and if you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel during the signup procedure, you will get the Memcached caching platform by default and you can set it up for any Internet site that you host on your dedicated server without upgrading or installing anything. It will start caching information as users visit your Internet site, so you’ll detect the results of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is 3 gigabytes and naturally, the more powerful the dedicated plan, the more system memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to use the platform for plenty of Internet sites or for an extremely large website without compromising its efficacy. The Memcached platform will enable you to enhance the loading speed of any database-driven site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress blog, an OpenCart store, etcetera, and to enhance the performance of your dedicated machine.