A solid-state drive is incredibly faster than any regular hard disk. This is because a hard-disk drive works by using rotating disks, that can rotate only so fast and the more information is read and written, the slower and hotter they become, while an SDD operates with modules of flash memory, therefore there are no actually moving components. The access speeds for an SSD are substantially higher, which makes this sort of drives the best solution when speed is needed. That's why SSDs are frequently used for the Operating System on a personal computer and for storing data which is used often on hosting servers. Numerous providers also use a combination of the two drives, so they store the data on hard drives, but they use several SSDs so as to cache the more frequently used data and as a consequence, the data loads faster while the load on the HDDs is decreased since their disks need to spin less often to read and write.

SSD with Data Caching in Cloud Website Hosting

The cloud platform where we make cloud website hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web applications and static websites will open very quickly. The SSDs are used for files, e-mail addresses and databases, so no matter if you open a page or check for new e-mails through webmail, the content will load without delay. In order to ensure even better speeds, we also use a number of dedicated SSDs that work only as cache. All the content that generates lots of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later read from them and not from the main storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for much better efficiency. What we achieve in this way in addition to the improved speed is reduced overall load, thus reduced probability of hardware failures, and extended lifespan of the main drives, that is one more level of security for any info that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you sign up for one of our semi-dedicated server plans, we will store your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all databases and emails. This way, your script-driven applications and webmail will load very quickly. We employ dedicated SSDs for caching too. Traffic-intensive content is duplicated automatically on these drives, so we make sure that a few heavy Internet sites which generate a considerable amount of reading and writing processes won't affect the other sites that share the exact same drive. By reduction of the overall system load we also boost the lifespan of the main storage disks and decrease the potential for a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an extra level of stability for your site content.