Memcached is a memory caching system, which has been gaining popularity in recent years owing to its effectiveness. It is used to cache queries and replies between a database and the application that’s using it, which can enhance the performance of your site and decrease the produced server load greatly. Anytime a web page on an application-powered website is accessed, the application connects to the database and "asks" what info should be shown, and then extracts it. With Memcached, these steps are omitted, since the platform has already cached all the content that should appear on a certain webpage. When any data is updated, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the users will never end up seeing old data. The Memcached platform is an excellent choice for every website that attracts numerous visitors, since it will make it faster than light and will enhance the user experience.
Memcached in Shared Hosting
The Memcached object caching system is offered as an optional upgrade with each Linux shared hosting that we are offering and you’ll be able to begin using it the moment you add it, since the PHP extension that it requires so as to work properly is already available on our avant-garde cloud website hosting platform. You can order the upgrade via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is offered with every shared hosting package and a new section where you can manage Memcached will show up. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the number of instances and the amount of system memory, so as to offer you more versatility. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use the Memcached caching system, while the second one, which is available in increments of 16 megabytes, indicates the maximum size of the content that the system can cache. A heavy-traffic website with a very large database may require more memory in order to take an even greater advantage of the Memcached caching system, so if you’d like to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any moment with a few clicks of the mouse.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can get the Memcached content caching system as an upgrade with each of our semi-dedicated hosting plans and since it works with any script-based app, you can use it for each site that you host on our servers, regardless of what application you have used – Joomla™, WordPress or Mambo, a custom-developed one, etc. You can add the upgrade via the respective section of the Hepsia Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated account, and you can choose two different features – the instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. In other words, these things show how many websites will use the Memcached caching system and the total amount of system memory that the system will be able to use in order to store your data. The two features are offered independently for more freedom and one instance does not come with a fixed amount of system memory. You can make the most of Memcached with any type of site and both you and your site visitors will swiftly see the difference in the overall performance.
Memcached in VPS Servers
Memcached comes by default with each and every VPS server that we are offering as long as you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel, so you will not need to pay anything extra to be able to make the most of the potential of this caching system. The more powerful VPS hosting plan you choose, the more memory Memcached will have for information storage purposes, but you’ll have at least several hundred MB at all times, which is much more than what you’d get with a shared hosting plan. This will permit you to use Memcached for a lot of sites, irrespective of how popular they are, which in turn goes to say that you can use a less powerful plan for them without overloading your server. The caching system is excellent for script-powered web apps like WordPress, OpenCart, Joomla™ or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom-made app. Soon after you activate Memcached, it will begin caching info and you’ll observe the enhanced overall performance of your sites.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
Each dedicated server that’s ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can begin using the caching system the moment your dedicated server is completely ready, without the need to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the server that you have chosen, but since our servers are pretty powerful and considering the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-consuming sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use is 3 GB. This will allow you to enhance the performance of very large websites with no effort and you will see the difference shortly after Memcached begins caching database queries. You can make the most of the system with any database-powered site, including those based on famous CMSs such as WordPress and Joomla™.