Memcached is a distributed memory object caching platform, which is used to accelerate the speed of database-powered Internet sites by caching the calls and the responses between the website visitor and the server. To put it differently, every time a given page on such a site is requested, the script queries its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the visitor. If the latter clicks a link to open a different page, the whole procedure is performed again and this leads to lots of database calls and higher server load, even more so if the website has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so if any of these web pages is opened again, the script no longer has to extract any info from the database, as everything is delivered by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your site will "soar" and you will get more happy visitors and they will be able to browse your website much faster. Plus, Memcached "refreshes" its cache if any info in the database is changed, so the website visitors will never end up seeing out-of-date content.

Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting

You can make use of the Memcached distributed memory caching system with all cloud web hosting services that we’re offering. It’s offered as an optional upgrade, which you can add with only a couple of clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud hosting platform, so you can start using Memcached once you add it. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts, which will give you more freedom depending on the websites that you want to use it for. The first part specifies the number of the websites that will use Memcached, or the so-called ‘instances’, while the second one refers to the system memory, i.e. to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can add more system memory in increments of 16 MB and the more memory you’ve ordered, the more content will be cached, which may be a pretty good idea for high-traffic sites with large databases and lots of users. Thus, you can enhance the speed of every script-powered site hosted on our servers with ease.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you obtain one of our semi-dedicated server packages, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades part of your Hepsia hosting 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 only a few clicks. The memory caching platform is perfect for any script-driven application such as Joomla, WordPress, or even an in-house made application, and based on your demands, you will be able to select two separate features – how many Internet sites will use the Memcached platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much data will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory that the platform will use. The two features are not tied to each other, so if you’ve got a traffic-consuming Internet site with a lot of data, you can get one instance and a larger amount of memory. Memcached will accelerate the performance of your Internet sites soon after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy much faster load times.

Memcached in VPS Hosting

You will get Memcached with any of the virtual private server packages offered by us when you choose Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the distributed memory object caching platform through the section with the very same name. The activation takes a few mouse clicks and you’ll distinguish the difference in the performance of your sites almost instantly. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use to cache information depends on the given VPS package that you’ve picked, but in any case it will be at least several hundred megabytes, which is quite enough even for several heavy websites. You can use Memcached with sites driven by WordPress, Joomla or any other application and lower the load on your virtual server, which will enable you to continue using the current plan instead of moving to a more powerful one, as you will simply not need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by famous websites like Zynga, Wikipedia and Reddit, which is a proof of its efficacy.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

If you acquire any of our dedicated hosting services and if you pick Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel during the order process, you’ll get Memcached by default and you can set it up for each website that you host on your server without installing or upgrading anything. It will start caching information as people open your Internet site, so you’ll detect the effects of using it shortly after that. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is 3 GB and normally, the more powerful the plan, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will enable you to take advantage of the caching platform for plenty of websites or for a very large Internet site without weakening its efficacy. The Memcached platform will allow you to accelerate the speed of any database-driven Internet site in no time – a Joomla portal, a WordPress personal diary, an OpenCart web shop, etcetera, and to enhance the performance of your dedicated machine.