Memcached is a memory caching platform, which has been gaining popularity lately thanks to its effectiveness. It’s used to cache calls and replies between a database and the application that is using it, which can boost the overall performance of your Internet site and reduce the created load considerably. Every time a web page on an app-powered site is accessed, the app connects to the database and "asks" what info should be shown, and then fetches it. With Memcached, these steps are skipped, as the platform has already cached the content that should appear on a specific webpage. If any content is modified, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ too, so the visitors will never see old data. The platform is an ideal solution for any Internet site that has many viewers, as it will make it load faster and will improve the user experience.
Memcached in Web Hosting
The Memcached data caching system is offered as an upgrade with every Linux web hosting service that we’re offering and you can begin using it as soon as you order it, as the extension that it needs so as to function properly is already present on our advanced cloud web hosting platform. You can order the upgrade via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with each and every shared web hosting plan and a brand-new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will show up. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the instances and the memory, so as to offer you more versatility. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites which can use Memcached, whereas the second one, which is offered in increments of 16 megabytes, defines the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A busy Internet site with a large-sized database may need more memory so as to take an even bigger advantage of the Memcached caching system, so if you need to upgrade this feature, you’ll be able to do it at any moment with several clicks.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you decide to host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to take advantage of Memcached effortlessly, as the object caching platform’s activation takes a few clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension that is required is already installed on our servers, so you can begin using the Memcached platform as soon as you add it to your account. You will be able to select how many sites can use it and how much content it will cache, i.e. there’re two separate upgradable features – the number of instances and the amount of memory. You can add more of both, so if one of your websites becomes extremely popular, for example, you can always add more memory to it. Our system is rather flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a specific number of instances to a fixed amount of memory. You can use the Memcached caching platform to increase the speed of any script-driven site, including those based on widely used web apps, such as WordPress or Joomla™.
Memcached in VPS Servers
If you purchase a VPS server from our company, you will be able to use Memcached at no additional charge, as the distributed memory caching platform comes with all virtual servers ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you run content-heavy Internet sites, you can boost their overall performance effortlessly and the decreased load on your VPS server will enable you to continue using your current package instead of migrating to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that the Memcached platform can use to cache data depends on the plan that you are using, but even with a lower-end one, you will get at least several hundred MB, which is significantly more than what you’d get with a shared package, so the website performance boost will be great. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-powered application, no matter if you have set it up yourself or you’re using a ready-to-use one like OpenCart, Joomla™ or WordPress.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
You can unleash the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server offered by us in case you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel. A special section in it is dedicated to the content caching system and you can start using Memcached for any Internet site hosted on the machine with only a few clicks of the mouse. You can accelerate the performance of any Internet site, no matter what script-driven web app you’re using or how busy the website is, as the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to use is three gigabytes and this amount rises substantially with the more powerful dedicated servers. Shortly after the caching system is enabled, it will begin caching info anytime somebody browses your website, so, once enough content has been stored, you will perceive the lowered load on the server and the improved overall performance of your Internet site. The Memcached system is being used by a lot of websites, among them popular portals such as Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which demonstrates the efficiency of the caching system.