Memcached is a memory caching system, which has been gaining in popularity lately owing to its efficiency. It is used to cache queries and responses between a database and the application that’s using it, which can enhance the overall performance of your website and decrease the created load considerably. Anytime a webpage on an application-driven website is accessed, the app connects to the database and "asks" what info should be displayed, and then extracts it. With Memcached, these procedures are omitted, since the platform has already cached all of the content that should be shown on a specific web page. When any content is changed, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the website visitors will never end up seeing outdated content. The Memcached platform is a perfect solution for every website that lures a lot of viewers, as it will make it super-fast and will improve the user experience.

Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting

The Memcached distributed memory object caching system is available as an optional upgrade with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we’re offering and you will be able to start using it once you enable it, as the PHP extension that it needs so as to work correctly is already present on our avant-garde cloud website hosting platform. You can request the upgrade via the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with every hosting plan and a brand-new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will appear. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts – the number of instances and the memory, so as to give you more freedom. The first one refers to the number of the sites which can use the Memcached caching system, whereas the second one, which is offered in increments of 16 MB, defines the total size of the content that the system can cache. A traffic-intensive Internet site with a large-sized database may need more memory so as to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so if you would like to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any given point with several clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you decide to host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached easily, as the content caching platform’s setup takes a couple of clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The extension that is required is already installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can begin using the Memcached caching platform as soon as you add it to your account. You’ll be able to choose how many sites can use it and how much information can be cached, in other words – there are two separate upgradable features – the number of instances and the memory. You can order more of both, so if one of your websites becomes very popular, for instance, you can always order more memory. Our system is exceptionally flexible in this regard and we don’t bind a given number of instances to a fixed amount of system memory. You can use the Memcached caching platform to increase the loading speed of any script-driven Internet site, including those based on popular web-based applications, such as Joomla™ or WordPress.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Each dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can begin using this distributed memory caching system as soon as the dedicated server is ready, without needing to install or upgrade anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can employ depends on the dedicated server that you have picked, but as our servers are remarkably powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-consuming websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be three gigabytes. This will permit you to boost the overall performance of extremely large sites without effort and you’ll see the difference soon after the Memcached system starts caching database requests. You can make full use of the Memcached caching system with any database-driven web portal, including those that are based on widely used Content Management Systems such as Joomla™ and WordPress.