Memcached is a famous object caching system, which can accelerate the loading speed and the performance of your sites considerably 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 when somebody conducts a search for a given product on your Internet site, for instance, the database will not have to be accessed to show the results and the whole operation will be performed noticeably quicker. That goes for all types of database-driven applications and not only for e-commerce portals, since every time a web page is opened, the application sends a request to its database to get the content that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your website open noticeably faster, but it will also create much less load. If any data in the database is edited, the cached responses will also be ‘refreshed’, so the users won’t see any out-of-date info.
Memcached in Cloud Hosting
You can make use of the Memcached memory caching system with all cloud hosting service that we are offering. It is offered as an optional upgrade, which you can enable with just a few clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It requires a PHP extension, which is already installed on our cloud web hosting platform, so you can start using Memcached as soon as you order it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more versatility depending on the sites that you wish to use it for. The first one shows the number of the websites that will use Memcached, or the so-called ‘instances’, while the second one refers to the system memory, in other words – to how much content the system will be able to cache. You can get more memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you have added, the more content will be cached, which may be a very good idea for popular sites with large-sized databases and lots of concurrent visitors. In this way, you can optimize the overall performance of every script-powered website hosted on our servers without any effort.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can add Memcached to any of the Linux semi-dedicated service that we offer and use its full potential for any script-driven site hosted on our servers. The upgrade is accessible through the Hepsia Control Panel and you can choose two features – the instances and the system memory. These things specify how many sites can use Memcached and the amount of memory that it will use to store your data. You can choose them independently, since a given instance is not linked to a specific amount of system memory, so you can use lots of memory for a single regularly visited Internet site, for instance. This feature is offered in increments of 16 MB and you can order as much memory as you wish. The Memcached platform can be used with any script-powered site irrespective of its type, including those that are based on widespread Internet apps like WordPress, Drupal™ or Joomla™, and a lot of companies like Wikipedia and Zynga are already using it to improve the loading speed of their websites.
Memcached in VPS Servers
Memcached is available as standard with all VPS web hosting service ordered with our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. The extension it needs in order to work properly is compiled when the server is configured, so you can begin using the data caching platform the moment your brand new server is up and running. The system memory that the Memcached caching platform can use depends on the particular Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the less powerful plans, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal only for this platform. This will allow you to enhance the overall performance of multiple sites hosted on the VPS simultaneously and to decrease the load on the virtual machine even if you manage content-rich script-driven websites with plenty of users. The Memcached platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Joomla™ or Drupal™, or a custom-built one, and you will detect the better overall performance shortly after you begin using it.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
Any dedicated server that’s ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can start using the object caching system as soon as the dedicated server is fully ready, without the need to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can employ depends on the very server that you have chosen, but as our servers are exceptionally powerful and given the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-requiring sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be 3 GB. This will permit you to optimize the overall performance of very heavy Internet sites without any effort and you’ll see the difference shortly after the Memcached system begins caching database queries. You can make the most of the Memcached caching system with any database-driven web portal, including those that are based on famous CMSs like Joomla™ and WordPress.