Memcached is a widespread distributed memory object caching platform, which can boost the speed and the performance of your Internet sites greatly if they use an API or a database. This is accomplished by caching the requests to the API/database and the replies that are delivered, so if somebody searches for a specific product on your website, for example, the database won’t have to be accessed to show the results and the entire procedure will be carried out notably quicker. This goes for all sorts of database-driven apps and not only for Internet shops, as every time a specific web page is accessed, the app sends a database query to fetch the content that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your website open considerably faster, but it will also produce much less load. If any content in the database is changed, the cached responses will also be ‘refreshed’, so the site visitors will not see any old info.
Memcached in Web Hosting
Memcached is available as an upgrade with every web hosting plan that we’re offering and you can start using it the moment you enable it, as the extension that it needs in order to run correctly is already available on our cutting-edge cloud platform. You can order the upgrade through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting package and a brand new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will appear. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the instances and the system memory, so as to give you more flexibility. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites which can use Memcached, while the second, which comes in increments of 16 MB, specifies the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A popular Internet site with a very large database may require more memory so as to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so in case you’d like to upgrade this feature, you will be able to do it at any given time with a couple of clicks of the mouse.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can get the Memcached distributed memory object caching system as an optional upgrade with all our semi-dedicated servers and since it works with any script-driven application, you can use it for every Internet site that you host on our servers, regardless of what app you have used – Mambo, Joomla™ or WordPress, a custom-built app, etc. You can order the upgrade through the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated server account, and you can select two separate features – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. In simple terms, these things specify the number of the websites that will use Memcached and how much memory the system will be able to use in order to cache your content. The two features are ordered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come bundled with a pre-defined amount of memory. You can make the most of the Memcached system with any type of website and both you and your site visitors will swiftly detect the difference in the performance.
Memcached in VPS Servers
When you acquire a VPS server from our company, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no additional fee, as the platform is available with all servers ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you run large sites, you will be able to optimize their performance with ease and the lowered load on your server will permit you to continue using your current plan rather than moving to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that Memcached can use to cache info depends on the plan that you’re using, but even with a less powerful one, you’ll have at least several hundred megabytes, which is significantly more than what you’d get with a shared web hosting plan, so the website performance boost will be substantial. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-powered app, no matter if you’ve built it yourself or you are using a ready-made one such as Joomla™, WordPress or OpenCart.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
If you purchase any of our dedicated web hosting plans and if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel during the order process, you’ll get the Memcached data caching platform by default and you can activate it for any site that you host on the dedicated machine without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin storing content as people visit your site, so you’ll detect the effects of using it soon after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the caching platform is 3 GB and naturally, the more powerful the dedicate server package, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to use the caching platform for many Internet sites or for an extremely busy website without weakening its effectiveness. The Memcached platform will allow you to increase the loading speed of any database-powered website in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress blog, an OpenCart web store, etc., and to enhance the overall performance of your dedicated machine.