Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which is used to accelerate the performance of database-driven websites by caching the calls and the replies between the visitor and the server. In simple terms, every time a specific web page on such a website is visited, the script connects to its database to request the information that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks on a link to visit some other page, the entire operation is carried out again and this results in a lot of database queries and higher server load, especially if the website has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so in case any of these pages is requested again, the script no longer has to extract any information from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your website will "soar" and you will enjoy more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your site faster. Also, the Memcached platform updates its cache whenever any content in the database is updated, so the website visitors will never end up seeing old content.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

You can take advantage of the Memcached distributed memory caching system with all Linux shared hosting that we’re offering. It’s offered as an upgrade, which you can enable with only a couple of clicks via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It needs an extension, which is already installed on our cloud platform, so you can begin using Memcached as soon as you add it. The upgrade is divided into two parts, which will offer you more flexibility depending on the sites that you would like to use it for. The first one specifies the number of the sites that will use Memcached, or the ‘instances’, whereas the second one is related to the system memory, i.e. to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can get more system memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you’ve got, the more content will be cached, which may be an exceptionally good idea for busy websites with large databases and plenty of concurrent visitors. Thus, you can accelerate the speed of any script-powered site hosted on our cloud servers without any efforts.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can get the Memcached caching system as an optional upgrade with all our semi-dedicated hosting and since it works with any script-based software app, you can use it for each website that you host on our servers, no matter what app you have used – Mambo, WordPress or Joomla™, a custom-created application, etc. You can add the upgrade through the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two separate things – the number of instances and the amount of memory that they will use. In simple terms, these things indicate how many sites will use Memcached and how much system memory the system will be able to use in order to store your info. The two features are ordered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a particular amount of system memory. You can use Memcached with any sort of website and both you and your site visitors will swiftly perceive the difference in the overall performance.

Memcached in VPS Web Hosting

You’ll get Memcached with any of the virtual private server plans offered by our company when you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the distributed memory caching platform through the Control Panel section with the very same name. The setup requires a couple of clicks of the mouse and you’ll see the difference in the overall performance of your sites almost immediately. The amount of memory that the Memcached platform can use to cache data depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan that you have selected, but in any case it won’t be less than several hundred MB, which is quite enough even for several large-size websites. You can use the Memcached platform with sites driven by Joomla™, WordPress or any other Internet application and decrease the load on your virtual server, which will enable you to continue using the current package rather than migrating to a more powerful one, since you simply won’t need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by famous websites such as Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which demonstrates its efficiency.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting

Memcached comes free of charge with all dedicated servers hosting that we’re offering and the one and only requirement is that the dedicated machine must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. You can use the caching system for any database-powered site, including those based on popular apps – for example, a WordPress online diary or a Joomla™-driven social network. Each dedicated server comes with a different amount of system memory that the Memcached system can use, but the minimum you will get is three gigabytes, which is quite enough to increase the speed of extremely popular websites tremendously, as this very memory will be dedicated to storing the cached data. The system will start storing info the moment it is enabled, so shortly after that, you will observe the optimized overall performance of your sites and the lowered load on the server. A lot of websites use Memcached to improve their efficiency, among them popular ones like Wikipedia and Reddit.