Memcached is a distributed memory caching platform, which has been gaining popularity in recent years because of its efficiency. It is used to cache queries and responses between a database and the application that uses it, which can boost the performance of your site and decrease the generated server load tremendously. Anytime a webpage on an app-powered Internet site is visited, the application connects to the database and "asks" what information should be shown, and then pulls it. With Memcached, these steps are omitted, as the platform has already cached all of the content that should show up on a given page. When any data is changed, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the website visitors will never see old content. Memcached is an ideal solution for any Internet site that draws lots of visitors, as it will make it load much faster and will improve the user experience.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

You can make use of the Memcached memory caching system with all shared hosting offered by us. It’s offered as an optional upgrade, which you can get with only a couple of clicks from your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It needs a PHP extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud hosting platform, so you can start using the Memcached caching system the moment you order it. The upgrade is divided into two parts, which will offer you more flexibility depending on the websites that you wish to use it for. The first one reveals the number of the Internet sites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the ‘instances’, whereas the second one refers to the memory, in other words – to how much content the system will be able to cache. You can get more system memory in increments of 16 MB and the more memory you have, the more content will be cached, which may be a good idea for traffic-heavy sites with large-sized databases and lots of visitors. Thus, you can boost the loading speed of any script-powered site hosted on our cloud servers effortlessly.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you decide to host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to take advantage of Memcached easily, since the object caching platform’s setup takes a couple of mouse clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel. The extension that it requires is pre-installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can begin using Memcached the moment you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You will be able to select how many sites can use it and how much information it will cache, in other words – there are two different features that can be upgraded – the instances and the system memory. You can add more of both, so if one of your websites becomes very popular, for instance, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is truly flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a particular number of instances to a fixed amount of system memory. You can use the Memcached platform to speed up any script-driven Internet site, including those based on widely used web applications, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS

If you obtain a virtual private server from us, you’ll be able to use Memcached at no extra charge, as the caching platform comes with all virtual servers ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you have large-scale Internet sites, you’ll be able to improve their overall performance with no effort and the decreased load on your server will enable you to continue using your current VPS package instead of moving to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can use to store info depends on the plan that you’re using, but even with a lower-end one, you will get no less than several hundred megabytes, which is significantly more than what you’d get with a shared web hosting package, so the website performance boost will be tremendous. You can use Memcached with any database-driven app, regardless of whether you’ve set it up yourself or you’re using a ready-made one such as OpenCart, Joomla™ or WordPress.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

Memcached is available for free with all dedicated hosting offered by us and the one and only requirement is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the memory caching system for any database-powered Internet site, including those that are based on widely used Internet applications – for instance, a WordPress blog or a Joomla™-powered community website. Each dedicated machine is tied to a different amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system can employ, but the minimum amount you’ll get is 3 gigabytes, which is quite enough to improve the load speed of very popular sites considerably, as this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached info. The system will start storing info as soon as it is enabled, so soon after that, you’ll see the optimized performance of your Internet sites and the reduced load on your dedicated machine. Many Internet sites use the Memcached caching system to boost their effectiveness, among them popular ones like Reddit and Wikipedia.