Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which is used to increase the loading speed of database-powered sites by caching the requests and the responses between the visitor and the server. To put it simply, anytime a certain web page on such a website is requested, the script calls its database to request the info that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks a hyperlink to go to some other page, the entire procedure is repeated and this results in multiple database requests and higher load on the server, especially if the site has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so in case any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to request any info from the database, as everything is provided by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall loading speed of your website will increase and you will enjoy more happy visitors and they will be able to browse your website faster. Additionally, Memcached "refreshes" its cache when any data in the database is changed, so the visitors will never wind up seeing out-of-date data.

Memcached in Cloud Hosting

The Memcached caching system is offered as an upgrade with every cloud hosting plan that we offer and you’ll be able to begin using it the moment you activate it, since the PHP extension that it requires so as to work properly is pre-installed on our innovative cloud platform. You can order the upgrade via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with every plan and a brand new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will show up. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the instances and the system memory, so as to give you more versatility. The first one refers to the number of the sites that can use Memcached, whereas the second one, which is available in increments of 16 megabytes, specifies the maximum size of the content that can be cached by the system. A traffic-heavy website with a large database may require more memory in order to take an even greater advantage of the Memcached caching system, so in case you wish to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any given point with several clicks of the mouse.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can get the Memcached memory caching system as an upgrade with each of our semi-dedicated hosting plans and since it works with any script-based web app, you can use it for any website that you host on our semi-dedicated servers, irrespective of what app you have used – Joomla™, WordPress or Mambo, a custom one, etc. You can add the upgrade through the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two different things – the number of instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. To put it in simple terms, these things determine how many sites will use the Memcached system and the total amount of memory that the system will be able to use to cache your data. The two features are offered separately for more flexibility and one instance does not come bundled with a fixed amount of memory. You can make full use of Memcached with any sort of site and both you and the website visitors will quickly distinguish the difference in the performance.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

If you obtain any of our dedicated web hosting plans and if you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel during the order process, you will get the Memcached distributed memory object caching platform by default and you can set it up for each Internet site that you host on the dedicated machine without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin caching info as users visit your Internet site, so you will see the effect of using it soon after that. The minimum amount of system memory that will be available to the caching platform is 3 gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the dedicate server plan, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to use the platform for a lot of websites or for a very heavy website without weakening its efficacy. The Memcached platform will permit you to enhance the speed of any database-powered Internet site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress personal blog, an OpenCart web store, etc., and to improve the performance of your dedicated machine.