Memcached is a content caching platform, which is used to increase the performance of database-powered websites by caching the calls and the replies between the user and the server. Simply put, every time a given page on such a website is visited, the script connects to its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the website visitor. If the latter clicks on a hyperlink to open a different web page, the whole process is repeated and this results in lots of database calls and higher load on the server, even more so if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to request any content from the database, as everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall speed of your site will increase and you will have more happy visitors and they will be able to navigate through your website faster. What’s more, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache if any information in the database is changed, so the site users will never end up seeing outdated content.

Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting

If you host script-based websites in a cloud website hosting account with our company, you can add the Memcached caching system to your shared hosting plan with only a couple of clicks via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available momentarily and, since the required PHP extension is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform, you can start using it straight away. To give you more versatility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (in other words – how many Internet sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of memory that Memcached will use. The latter is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and you can add memory as many times as you need. Logically, the more memory Memcached is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so in case you own a traffic-hungry website with a lot of data, you may require more memory to be able to make the most of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in VPS Servers

When you order a VPS server from our company, you will be able to use Memcached at no additional cost, as the caching platform comes with all servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you own traffic-intensive websites, you can improve their overall performance with no effort and the decreased load on your virtual machine will permit you to keep your current Virtual Private Server hosting plan instead of migrating to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that Memcached can use to cache info depends on the package that you’re using, but even with a less powerful one, you will have at least several hundred MB, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared package, so the website performance boost will be significant. You can use Memcached with any database-powered app, regardless of whether you have created it on your own or you’re using a ready-made one such as OpenCart, WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Any dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using the object caching system the moment your server is ready, without needing to install or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the server that you have selected, but as our servers are remarkably powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you’ll host resource-intensive websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be 3 gigabytes. This will permit you to increase the overall performance of extremely busy sites with no effort and you’ll observe the difference soon after Memcached starts caching database calls. You can make full use of the system with any database-powered site, including those that are based on widely used CMSs like Joomla™ and WordPress.