Memcached is a data caching platform, which is used to accelerate the load speed of database-powered websites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. To put it differently, every time a particular page on such a website is accessed, the script calls its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks on a hyperlink to open some other web page, the whole procedure is performed again and this results in multiple database queries and high load on the server, even more so if the site has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so if any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer has to request any content from the database, since everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall loading speed of your site will increase and you will get more happy visitors and they will be able to browse your website much faster. At the same time, Memcached updates its cache if any data in the database is updated, so the website users will never wind up seeing old content.

Memcached in Shared Website Hosting

The Memcached object caching system is available as an upgrade with each and every shared website hosting plan offered by us and you can start using it as soon as you activate it, since the PHP extension that it requires in order to function properly is pre-installed on our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform. You can request the upgrade through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every web hosting package and a brand new section where you can manage Memcached will show up. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts – the instances and the amount of system memory, so as to offer you more freedom. The first one refers to the number of the sites that can use Memcached, while the second, which is available in increments of 16 MB, indicates the maximum size of the content that the system can cache. A busy Internet site with a very large database may require more memory to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so if you want to upgrade this feature, you’ll be able to do it at any given time with several clicks of the mouse.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can add the Memcached memory caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated plans that we are offering and use its full capacity for any script-powered website hosted on our servers. The upgrade is available through the Hepsia Control Panel and you can select two features – the instances and the amount of memory. These things show the number of the sites that can use the Memcached caching platform and how much system memory it will use to store your info. You can choose them independently, since a given instance is not tied to a particular amount of memory, so you can use a lot of memory for a single large-size site, for instance. This feature is available in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you need. The platform can be used with any script-powered website regardless of its nature, including those based on popular web applications like WordPress, Joomla™ or Drupal™, and lots of companies like Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to boost the speed of their sites.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You will get Memcached with each of the VPS server plans that we’re offering if you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you will be able to activate the distributed memory object caching platform through the Control Panel section with the same name. The activation requires several clicks of the mouse and you will see the difference in the performance of your websites almost instantaneously. The amount of system memory that the Memcached caching platform can use to cache data depends on the given VPS package that you have selected, but in any case it won’t be less than several hundred megabytes, which is more than enough even for multiple data-heavy sites. You can use the Memcached platform with sites driven by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other application and decrease the load on your Virtual Private Server, which will enable you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server hosting package rather than migrating to a more powerful one, as you simply won’t need it. Memcached is already being used by popular websites such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Zynga, which is a confirmation of its efficiency.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

You can use the full potential of Memcached with each and every dedicated server offered by us in case you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. A special Control Panel section is dedicated to the memory caching system and you can begin using Memcached for any site hosted on the dedicated machine with only a few clicks. You can improve the overall performance of any Internet site, regardless of what script-powered web app you rely on or how busy the website is, as the minimum amount of memory that Memcached will be able to use is three gigabytes and this amount grows considerably with the more powerful dedicated servers. Soon after the system is activated, it will begin caching information every time someone browses your site, so, as soon as enough info has been stored, you will perceive the lowered load on the dedicated machine and the enhanced overall performance of the site. The Memcached system is used by many websites, including famous portals such as Reddit, Wikipedia and Zynga, which is a confirmation of the effectiveness of the caching system.