Memcached is a memory caching system, which has been gaining popularity in recent years thanks to its efficiency. It’s used to cache queries and responses between a database and the application that uses it, which can improve the overall performance of your site and decrease the generated server load significantly. Every time a web page on an application-driven Internet site is opened, the application connects to the database and "asks" what info should be shown, and then extracts it. With Memcached, these steps are skipped, as the platform has already cached all the content that should appear on a certain page. When any content is edited, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ too, so the users will never see old content. Memcached is a perfect option for every site that entices many visitors, since it will make it blazing-fast and will enhance the user experience.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

You can take advantage of the Memcached object caching system with all Linux shared packages that we’re offering. It is available as an upgrade, which you can obtain with just a few mouse clicks through your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It requires a PHP extension, which is already installed on our cloud web hosting platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system the moment you order it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will offer you more freedom depending on the Internet sites that you wish to use it for. The first one determines the number of the sites that will use Memcached, or the so-called ‘instances’, whereas the second one refers to the system memory, i.e. to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can add more memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you’ve ordered, the more content will be cached, which may be a quite good idea for traffic-intensive sites with large databases and lots of users. Thus, you can boost the performance of every script-powered Internet site hosted on our servers without any efforts.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can get the Memcached object caching system as an optional upgrade with all our Linux semi-dedicated packages and since it works with any script-based application, you can use it for each site that you host on our semi-dedicated servers, no matter what app you have used – WordPress, Mambo or Joomla™, a custom-developed one, etc. You can order the upgrade through the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated account, and you can choose two different things – the instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. To put it in simple terms, these things determine the number of the websites that will use the Memcached caching 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 separately for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a particular amount of memory. You can make the most of Memcached with any kind of site and both you and your site visitors will quickly spot the difference in the performance.

Memcached in VPS

Memcached comes as standard with all Linux VPS packages that are ordered with our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it needs so as to work properly is compiled when the VPS server is configured, so you can begin using the distributed memory object caching platform once your brand-new server is fully ready. The memory that the Memcached caching platform can use depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the lower-end plans, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will allow you to accelerate the performance of multiple sites hosted on the VPS at the same time and to decrease the load on the virtual machine even if you’ve got data-rich script-powered web pages with many users. The platform can be used with any script – Joomla™, Drupal™ or Mambo, or a custom-built one, and you’ll detect the faster performance soon after you begin using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

When you obtain one of our Linux dedicated servers hosting packages and if you select Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel on the order page, you will get the Memcached data caching platform as standard and you can set it up for any site that you host on your dedicated server without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin storing data as people open your website, so you’ll notice the results of using it shortly thereafter. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the Memcached caching platform is 3 gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the dedicated package, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will allow you to use the platform for numerous websites or for an extremely large site without compromising its effectiveness. Memcached will allow you to enhance the load speed of any database-driven Internet site very quickly – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal weblog, an OpenCart web shop, etcetera, and to boost the overall performance of your dedicated server.