Memcached is a famous data caching system, which can accelerate the speed and the performance of your Internet sites significantly in case 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 a visitor conducts a search for some product on your Internet site, for example, the database won’t have to be accessed to return the results and the whole task will be executed significantly quicker. This is valid for all kinds of database-powered apps and not only for e-shops, since every time a specific web page is visited, the app sends a query to its database to get the content that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your site load much faster, but it will also generate much less server load. If any data in the database is edited, the cached replies will also be updated, so the site visitors will not see any out-of-date info.
Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting
If you host script-based sites in a cloud web hosting account with our company, you’ll be able to add the Memcached distributed memory caching system to your shared web hosting plan with just a couple of clicks from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The upgrade will be available immediately and, since the PHP extension required for it is already installed on our leading-edge cloud platform, you can begin using it right away. To give you more versatility, we offer two different upgrades related to the number of instances (in other words – how many sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of system memory that Memcached will use. The latter is available in increments of 16 megabytes and you can order as much memory as you want. Logically, the more memory Memcached is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so if you own a traffic-hungry site with a lot of data, you may require more memory to be able to take advantage of the power that Memcached can offer you.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you decide to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached easily, since the distributed memory caching platform’s activation takes a couple of mouse clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The PHP extension that it requires is pre-installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can begin using the Memcached caching platform as soon as you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You’ll be able to choose how many sites can use it and how much content can be cached, i.e. there’re two different upgradable features – the number of instances and the amount of memory. You can order more of both, so if one of your sites becomes very busy, for instance, you can always order more memory. Our system is rather flexible in this regard and we do not bind a particular number of instances to a pre-defined amount of system memory. You can take advantage of Memcached to accelerate any script-powered website, including those that are based on famous Internet applications, such as WordPress or Joomla™.
Memcached in VPS Servers
You will get Memcached with each of the VPS server plans that we offer if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the distributed memory object caching platform via the section with the very same name. The configuration requires several clicks of the mouse and you will notice the difference in the performance of your sites almost momentarily. The amount of system memory that Memcached can take advantage of to store information depends on the given Virtual Private Server hosting plan that you’ve picked, but in any case it will be at least several hundred megabytes, which is quite enough even for multiple busy sites. You can use Memcached with sites based on Joomla™, WordPress or any other web-based app and lower the load on your VPS server, which will permit you to keep using the current Virtual Private Server plan rather than upgrading to a more powerful one, since you will simply not need it. Memcached is already being used by famous websites like Zynga, Reddit and Wikipedia, which is a proof of its efficacy.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
Any dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using this object caching system the moment your dedicated server is completely operational, without needing to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can employ depends on the dedicated server that you have picked, but since our servers are exceptionally powerful and considering the fact that it’s likely that you will host resource-heavy websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use is 3 gigabytes. This will permit you to enhance the performance of extremely busy sites without any effort and you’ll note the difference soon after Memcached starts caching database calls. You can take full advantage of the Memcached system with any database-powered website, including those that are based on widely used CMSs such as WordPress and Joomla™.