Memcached is a famous distributed memory object caching platform, which can accelerate the loading speed and the performance of your Internet sites immensely in case they use a database or an API. This is achieved by caching the requests to the API/database and the responses that are returned, so when someone conducts a search for some product on your website, for example, the database will not have to be accessed to display the results and the entire operation will be performed significantly quicker. This is valid for all types of database-driven applications and not only for online shopping portals, as every time a given web page is opened, the application sends a query to its database to fetch the content that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your site load significantly faster, but it will also create much less server load. If any content in the database is modified, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the site visitors won’t see any outdated information.

Memcached in Cloud Hosting

Memcached is offered as an optional upgrade with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer and you’ll be able to begin using it the moment you enable it, since the extension that it requires in order to perform properly is already installed on our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform. You can request the upgrade through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is offered with each web hosting plan and a brand-new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will show up. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts – the number of instances and the memory, so as to offer you more flexibility. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites that can use Memcached, while the second, which comes in increments of 16 megabytes, indicates the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A busy Internet site with a large-size database may require more memory so as to take an even greater advantage of Memcached, so in case you’d like to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any given moment with a couple of clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you get any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you will find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades section of your Hepsia Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the Internet sites hosted in the account, you can add it with just a couple of mouse clicks. The data caching platform is suitable for any script-driven application like WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom-developed app, and depending on your demands, you will be able to select two different things – how many websites will use Memcached, i.e. the number of instances; and how much content will be stored, i.e. the amount of system memory that the platform will use. The two features are not bound to each other, so if you own a traffic-intensive website with a lot of data, you can get one instance and a large amount of system memory. Memcached will increase the overall performance of your websites soon after you activate it and both you and your visitors will enjoy much faster load speeds.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You will get Memcached with any of the VPS server packages offered by us in case you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the memory caching platform through the section with the exact same name. The configuration requires a few mouse clicks and you’ll distinguish the difference in the performance of your Internet sites almost immediately. The amount of memory that Memcached can take advantage of to store content depends on the particular Virtual Private Server hosting package that you have chosen, but in any case it won’t be less than several hundred megabytes, which is more than enough even for several content-loaded websites. You can use Memcached with sites powered by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other app and reduce the load on your server, which will permit you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server package instead of switching to a more powerful one, as you will simply not need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by famous websites such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Zynga, which is a confirmation of its efficacy.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Any dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can begin using the object caching system as soon as your dedicated server is fully functional, without the need to upgrade or activate anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can employ depends on the very server that you have picked, but since our servers are astonishingly powerful and due to the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-requiring websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be three gigabytes. This will enable you to accelerate the performance of very large sites without efforts and you’ll observe the difference soon after the Memcached caching system starts caching database requests. You can use the Memcached caching system with any database-driven website, including those that are based on popular CMSs like WordPress and Joomla™.