Memcached is a distributed memory caching platform, which is used to enhance the overall performance of database-driven Internet sites by caching the calls and the replies between the visitor and the server. Put simply, every time a certain web page on such a website is accessed, the script sends a query to its database to request the info that should be shown to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to open some other web page, the whole process is repeated and this results in lots of database queries and excessive server load, especially if the website has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so in case any of these pages is opened again, the script no longer has to extract any info from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your website will increase and you will have more pleased visitors and they will be able to browse your site faster. Furthermore, Memcached updates its cache whenever any info in the database is edited, so the site visitors will never see old data.

Memcached in Shared Web Hosting

When you host script-powered websites in a shared web hosting account with us, you will be able to add the Memcached object caching system to your hosting plan with just a couple of clicks of the mouse from your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantaneously and, since the required PHP extension is already installed on our avant-garde cloud website hosting platform, you can start using it straight away. To give you more flexibility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (i.e. how many sites will use Memcached) and to the amount of system memory that Memcached will use. The latter is offered in increments of 16 MB and you can add memory as many times as you like. Naturally, the more memory the Memcached caching system is allowed to use, the more data it will cache, so if you have a traffic-hungry website with a lot of data, you may need more memory in order to be able to make the most of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can add the Memcached distributed memory object caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated packages offered by our company and make use of its full capacity for any script-driven site hosted on our servers. The upgrade is offered through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can choose two features – the instances and the memory. These things show how many sites can use the Memcached platform and the amount of system memory that it will use to cache your data. You can choose them separately, since a given instance is not linked to a fixed amount of system memory, so you can use a lot of memory for one large-sized website, for example. This upgrade is available in increments of 16 MB and you can get as much memory as you need. The platform can be used with any script-driven site regardless of its nature, including those based on popular Internet applications like Joomla™, Drupal™ or WordPress, and lots of companies like Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to increase the speed of their sites.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

Memcached comes for free with all dedicated servers hosting packages offered by us and the only requirement is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. You can use the content caching system for any database-powered Internet site, including those that are based on widely used web-based apps – for example, a WordPress blog or a Joomla™-driven social networking website. Each dedicated server comes with a given amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system can employ, but the minimum you will get is three gigabytes, which is sufficient enough to increase the speed of extremely busy websites seriously, as this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached information. The Memcached system will begin caching data the moment it’s enabled, so soon after that, you’ll observe the improved overall performance of your websites and the reduced load on the dedicated server. Many websites use the Memcached system to increase their efficacy, among them popular ones such as Reddit and Wikipedia.