Memcached is a memory caching platform, which has been gaining in popularity lately due to its effectiveness. It’s used to cache calls and replies between a database and the app that is using it, which can boost the performance of your website and reduce the generated server load greatly. Anytime a webpage on an application-driven website is opened, the app connects to the database and "asks" what information should be shown, and then drags it. With Memcached, these steps are omitted, as the platform has already cached all the content that should show up on a certain webpage. When any data is edited, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the site visitors will never end up seeing out-of-date data. Memcached is an excellent solution for every site that lures a lot of visitors, as it will make it amazingly fast and will enhance the overall user experience.

Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting

Memcached comes as an optional upgrade with each cloud website hosting plan that we’re offering and if you would like to use it for any script-powered Internet site that you host on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform, you will be able to add it in a few simple steps via your Hepsia Control Panel. During the process, you’ll get the option to upgrade two separate features – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use the Memcached object caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several Internet sites, you can order a number of instances. The second one has to do with the total amount of memory that the system will be permitted to use to cache information, so for plenty of sites (or for one single resource-demanding site), you should order more memory for better results. The memory is available in increments of 16 MB and more memory can be ordered at any moment. With Memcached, every script-driven website hosted on our cloud servers will load much faster.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you get one of our semi-dedicated server plans, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades part of the Hepsia Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the websites hosted in your semi-dedicated account, you can activate it with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. The object caching platform is suitable for any script-driven web application like Joomla™, WordPress, or even a custom-built one, and based on your requirements, you’ll be able to choose two different features – how many sites will use Memcached, in other words – the number of instances; and how much data will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory that the platform will employ. The two features are not bound to each other, so if you’ve got a popular site with a lot of content, you can get one instance and a larger amount of system memory. The Memcached caching platform will accelerate the performance of your Internet sites soon after you enable it and both you and your visitors will enjoy much faster loading times.

Memcached in VPS Servers

Memcached is available by default with all Linux VPS web hosting service ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. The extension it needs so as to function correctly is compiled when the VPS server is set up, so you can begin using the object caching platform as soon as your new VPS server is up and running. The system memory that Memcached can use depends on the given plan, but even with the less powerful plans, several hundred megabytes will be at your disposal exclusively for this platform. This will allow you to increase the overall performance of multiple sites hosted on the VPS server simultaneously and to lower the load on the virtual machine even if you have traffic-intensive script-based web pages with lots of viewers. The caching platform can be used with any script – Drupal™, Joomla™ or Mambo, or a custom-made script, and you will see the better performance soon after you start using it.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

You can make use of the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server offered by us if you select Hepsia as your Control Panel. A section in it is dedicated to the caching system and you can start using Memcached for any Internet site hosted on the machine with just several clicks of the mouse. You can enhance the performance of any site, irrespective of what script-powered software app you rely on or how popular the website is, since the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is 3 gigabytes and this amount grows immensely with the more powerful dedicated servers. Soon after the system is enabled, it will start caching content anytime someone visits your site, so, once enough content has been stored, you will notice the lowered load on the server and the improved performance of the Internet site. Memcached is used by plenty of sites, including popular portals such as Zynga, Wikipedia and Reddit, which is a proof of the effectiveness of the Memcached caching system.