Memcached is a distributed memory caching platform, 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 is using it, which can improve the overall performance of your site and decrease the generated load substantially. Every time a webpage on an app-powered site is accessed, the app connects to the database and "asks" what info should be shown, and then extracts it. With Memcached, these steps are omitted, as the platform has already cached the content that should appear on a given web page. If any content is changed, the Memcached content is updated as well, so the visitors will never see outdated data. The platform is an ideal option for any site that lures plenty of viewers, as it will make it astonishingly fast and will enhance the overall user experience.

Memcached in Cloud Website Hosting

Memcached comes as an upgrade with each and every cloud website hosting package offered by us and if you’d like to use it for any script-driven site that you host on our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform, you will be able to enable it in several simple steps through your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In the meantime, you will be offered the option to upgrade two separate things – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one has to do with the number of the websites that can use the Memcached content caching system at the same time, so if you need it for several Internet sites, you can order a number of instances. The second one refers to the total amount of memory that the system will be permitted to use in order to cache information, so for plenty of sites (or for one popular site), you’d better get more memory for improved performance. The memory comes in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be ordered at any moment. With the Memcached caching system, every script-based website hosted on our cloud servers will load incredibly fast.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can add the Memcached content caching platform to any of the semi-dedicated servers that we’re offering and use its full potential for any script-powered site hosted by us. The upgrade is available through the Hepsia Control Panel and you can choose two features – the number of instances and the system memory. These things specify how many sites can use Memcached and the amount of system memory that it will use to cache your info. You can choose them independently, since a given instance is not linked to a particular amount of memory, so you can use lots of memory for a single resource-demanding site, for instance. This feature is offered in increments of 16 MB and you can order as much memory as you like. The Memcached platform can be used with any script-powered site irrespective of its nature, including those that are based on popular web-based apps like Drupal™, Joomla™ or WordPress, and many companies such as Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to boost the overall performance of their sites.

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 this content caching system once the server is completely operational, without the need to upgrade or install anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can use depends on the dedicated server that you’ve chosen, but as our servers are truly powerful and given the fact that it’s likely that you will host resource-heavy sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use is 3 GB. This will enable you to accelerate the overall performance of extremely large Internet sites effortlessly and you will notice the difference shortly after the Memcached system starts caching database calls. You can use the Memcached system with any database-driven website, including those that are based on widely used CMSs like WordPress and Joomla™.