Memcached is a popular memory caching platform, which can increase the speed and the overall performance of your Internet sites greatly in case they use a database or an API. This is achieved by caching the calls to the API/database and the replies that are returned, so if a user searches for a particular product on your Internet site, for instance, the database won’t have to be accessed to show the results and the whole task will be executed notably quicker. This goes for all sorts of database-driven apps and not only for shopping portals, as anytime a web page is accessed, the application sends a request to its database to get the data that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your site open noticeably faster, but it will also produce much less server load. If any content in the database is changed, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the website visitors won’t see any out-of-date information.
Memcached in Shared Hosting
The Memcached distributed memory caching system comes as an upgrade with each and every Linux shared hosting service that we’re offering and you can start using it once you activate it, since the extension that it needs so as to perform correctly is already available on our innovative cloud platform. You can request the upgrade via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each shared web hosting package and a new section where you can manage Memcached will show up. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the instances and the system memory, so as to offer you more flexibility. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use Memcached, while the second, which is offered in increments of 16 megabytes, indicates the maximum size of the content that the system can cache. A regularly visited site with a large-sized database may require more memory to take an even greater advantage of the Memcached caching system, so if you would like to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any point with a couple of mouse clicks.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you order one of our semi-dedicated server packages, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades part of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you’d like to use it for any of the websites hosted in your semi-dedicated server hosting account, you can activate it with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. The distributed memory object caching platform is perfect for any script-powered app like Joomla™, WordPress, or even a tailor-made one, and depending on your demands, you will be able to select two different features – how many sites will use the Memcached caching platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much content will be stored, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will employ. The two features are not bound to each other, so if you manage a traffic-heavy website with a lot of data, you can order one instance and a large amount of system memory. The Memcached caching platform will accelerate the performance of your Internet sites shortly after you activate it and both you and your site visitors will enjoy much better load speeds.
Memcached in VPS Servers
Memcached is offered by default with each and every VPS server offered by us on the condition that you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel, so you will not have to pay any extra money to be able to make the most of the full power of this memory caching system. The more powerful VPS hosting package you pick, the more memory Memcached will have for information caching purposes, but you will have at least several hundred MB all the time, which is much more than the amount of memory you would get with a shared hosting package. This will permit you to use the Memcached caching system for many websites, irrespective of how large they are, which in turn goes to say that you can use a lower-end plan for them without overloading the server. The Memcached caching system is suitable for script-driven web apps such as WordPress, OpenCart, Joomla™ or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom-developed app. Soon after you activate the Memcached caching system, it will begin storing data and you will observe the improved performance of your websites.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
Each dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using the data caching system as soon as the server is fully ready, without needing to upgrade or activate anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the very server that you have selected, but as our servers are quite powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you’ll host resource-demanding Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be 3 GB. This will permit you to improve the overall performance of very large websites effortlessly and you will distinguish the difference shortly after the Memcached caching system starts caching database queries. You can use the caching system with any database-powered portal, including those that are based on famous Content Management Systems such as Joomla™ and WordPress.