Memcached is a widespread distributed memory caching system, which can enhance the loading speed and the performance of your sites drastically if they use an API or a database. This is achieved by caching the calls to the API/database and the replies that are delivered, so if a client conducts a search for a certain product on your site, for instance, the database won’t have to be accessed to display the results and the entire task will be performed considerably quicker. This is valid for all kinds of database-driven apps and not only for e-commerce portals, since anytime a web page is accessed, the app sends a request to its database to fetch the data that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your website load considerably faster, but it will also generate much less load. If any data in the database is updated, the cached replies will also be updated, so the users won’t see any outdated info.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

Memcached is offered as an optional upgrade with each shared hosting that we offer and you’ll be able to start using it the moment you order it, since the PHP extension that it requires in order to run correctly is pre-installed on our innovative cloud web hosting platform. You can request the upgrade through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with every web hosting plan and a brand-new section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts – the instances and the amount of memory, so as to give you more freedom. The first one refers to the number of the websites which can use Memcached, whereas the second, which is offered in increments of 16 MB, specifies the maximum size of the content that can be cached by the system. A regularly visited Internet site with a large-sized database may need more memory in order to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so in case you wish to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any time with a few clicks of the mouse.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can add the Memcached memory caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated hosting services offered by us and make use of its full capacity for any script-driven site hosted on our servers. The upgrade is offered through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can select two features – the number of instances and the memory. These things specify the number of the sites that can use the Memcached platform and how much system memory it will use to cache your data. You can choose them independently, since one instance is not tied to a fixed amount of system memory, so you can use plenty of memory for one resource-demanding website, for instance. This feature comes in increments of 16 MB and you can order as much memory as you want. The platform can be used with any script-powered website regardless of its nature, including those that are based on widely used web-based apps like WordPress, Drupal™ or Joomla™, and lots of companies like Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to improve the performance of their sites.

Memcached in VPS

Memcached comes by default with all VPS services ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The PHP extension it needs to work correctly is compiled when the VPS server is set up, so you can start using the distributed memory caching platform the moment your brand new VPS is completely ready. The memory that Memcached can employ depends on the particular Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the lower-end ones, you will get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal only for this platform. This will allow you to increase the overall performance of multiple sites hosted on the VPS server simultaneously and to decrease the load even if you’ve got heavy script-powered web portals with a lot of visitors. The Memcached platform can be used with any script – Joomla™, Drupal™ or Mambo, or a custom-made script, and you’ll detect the better overall performance shortly after you begin using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

You can take advantage of the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server that we offer in case you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel. A section in it is dedicated to the object caching system and you can begin using Memcached for any Internet site hosted on the machine with only a couple of mouse clicks. You can improve the performance of any website, irrespective of what script-driven software application you are using or how large the website is, since the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is 3 gigabytes and this amount increases substantially with the higher-end dedicated servers. Soon after the system is enabled, it will start caching content every time someone accesses your site, so, once sufficient info has been cached, you will notice the decreased load on your dedicated machine and the enhanced overall performance of the Internet site. The Memcached system is being used by a lot of sites, among them famous portals such as Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which proves the effectiveness of the caching system.