Memcached is an object caching system, which is used to improve the speed of database-driven websites by caching the calls and the replies between the website visitor and the server. To put it differently, every time a specific web page on such a website is opened, the script sends a database query to fetch the info that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks a hyperlink to visit a different page, the whole operation is performed again and this leads to lots of database queries and high load on the server, particularly if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so in case any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer has to pull any content from the database, since everything is delivered by the caching platform. In this way, the overall loading speed of your website will increase and you will get more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your website much faster. Besides, the Memcached platform updates its cache whenever any data in the database is changed, so the users will never wind up seeing outdated data.

Memcached in Shared Website Hosting

When you host script-driven websites in a shared website hosting account with our company, you can add the Memcached object caching system to your web hosting package with just a few mouse clicks via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantly and, since the PHP extension required for it is already installed on our advanced cloud web hosting platform, you can begin using it straight away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many sites will use Memcached) and to the system memory that the Memcached caching system will use. The latter comes in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you want. Naturally, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so if you’ve got a resource-absorbing website with lots of data, you may require more memory to be able to make full use of the power that Memcached can offer you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you decide to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached easily, since the data caching platform’s activation takes a few clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel. The extension that it requires is already installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can start using Memcached the moment you add it to your account. You will be able to select how many websites can use it and how much content it will cache, in other words – there’re two different upgradable features – the number of instances and the amount of system memory. You can add more of both, so if one of your sites becomes very popular, for example, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is rather flexible in this regard and we do not tie a given number of instances to a pre-defined amount of memory. You can take advantage of the Memcached caching platform to increase the loading speed of any script-powered site, including those based on widely used Internet apps, such as Joomla™ or WordPress.

Memcached in VPS Servers

When you obtain a VPS server from us, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no extra fee, as the caching platform comes with all servers ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you manage resource-intensive Internet sites, you will be able to enhance their overall performance without effort and the reduced server load will allow you to continue using your current Virtual Private Server package instead of moving to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that Memcached can use to cache content depends on the package that you’re using, but even with a less powerful one, you’ll have at least several hundred MB, which is significantly more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared hosting package, so the website performance boost will be incredible. You can use Memcached with any database-driven web app, regardless of whether you have built it yourself or you are using a ready-made one such as Joomla™, WordPress or OpenCart.