Memcached is a widely used data caching platform, which can enhance the loading speed and the overall performance of your Internet sites considerably if they use an API or a database. This is accomplished by caching the requests to the API/database and the replies that are returned, so when a customer searches for some product on your site, for instance, the database will not have to be accessed to display the results and the whole task will be carried out significantly quicker. That goes for all sorts of database-powered applications and not only for online shopping portals, as anytime a particular page is accessed, the application connects to its database to fetch the data that should be displayed. With Memcached, not only will your website open noticeably faster, but it will also produce much less server load. If any data in the database is updated, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the site visitors will not see any out-of-date information.

Memcached in Hosting

The Memcached object caching system comes as an upgrade with each and every Linux hosting that we are offering and you can start using it once you add it, since the PHP extension that it requires in order to run properly is already present on our innovative cloud hosting platform. You can request the upgrade through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every hosting package and a brand-new section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the number of instances and the amount of memory, so as to offer you more flexibility. The first one refers to the number of the sites that can use Memcached, whereas the second one, which is available in increments of 16 megabytes, defines the total size of the content that the system can cache. A busy Internet site with a very large database may need more memory so as to take an even greater advantage of Memcached, so if you need to upgrade this feature, you will be able to do it at any point with a few mouse clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can get the Memcached distributed memory caching system as an optional upgrade with all our semi-dedicated hosting and since it works with any script-based web app, you can use it for any Internet site that you host on our platform, no matter what app you have used – Mambo, WordPress or Joomla, a custom-built app, etc. You can order the upgrade through the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you administer your semi-dedicated account, and you can choose two separate things – the instances and the amount of system memory that they will use. In other words, these things determine how many sites will use the Memcached system and how much memory the system will be able to use in order to store your data. The two features are offered separately for more freedom and one instance does not come with a particular amount of memory. You can use Memcached with any type of website and both you and the visitors will quickly distinguish the difference in the performance.

Memcached in VPS

Memcached comes by default with each and every virtual private server that we offer if you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel, so you won’t have to pay any extra money to be able to use the maximum potential of this distributed memory caching system. The more powerful Virtual Private Server package you choose, the more system memory Memcached will have for content caching purposes, but you’ll have no less than several hundred MB all the time, which is much more than what you’d get with a shared web hosting plan. This will permit you to use the Memcached caching system for many websites, no matter how large they are, which in turn goes to say that you can use a lower-end plan for them without overloading your VPS. The caching system is perfect for script-based web apps such as Joomla, WordPress, OpenCart or Mambo, and you can use it even with a custom app. Soon after you enable the Memcached system, it will begin caching info and you’ll observe the enhanced performance of your sites.

Memcached in Dedicated Hosting

Any dedicated server that’s ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using this content caching system once your dedicated server is completely ready, without having to upgrade or install anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can employ depends on the very server that you have picked, but since our servers are really powerful and given the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-consuming sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use is 3 GB. This will allow you to accelerate the performance of very busy sites effortlessly and you’ll note the difference shortly after Memcached begins caching database calls. You can use the Memcached system with any database-powered web portal, including those that are based on famous CMSs such as WordPress and Joomla.