Memcached is a commonly used distributed memory object caching platform, which can increase the loading speed and the performance of your sites considerably in case they use a database or an API. This is achieved by caching the calls to the database/API and the responses that are delivered, so when a customer searches for a given product on your website, for example, the database won’t have to be accessed to show the results and the entire operation will be performed considerably faster. This goes for all sorts of database-powered applications and not only for web shops, as every time a web page is opened, the application connects to its database to get the content that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your website open noticeably 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 If any data in the database is edited, the cached replies will also be updated, so the users will not see any out-of-date information.
Memcached in Web Hosting
The Memcached memory caching system comes as an optional upgrade with each and every Linux web hosting that we’re offering and you will be able to start using it as soon as you order it, as the PHP extension that it needs so as to run correctly is already installed on our avant-garde cloud website hosting platform. You can order the upgrade via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is offered with each and every shared hosting package and a brand new section where you can administer Memcached will show up. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the instances and the memory, so as to offer you more flexibility. The first one shows the number of the Internet sites which can use the Memcached caching system, whereas the second, which comes in increments of 16 MB, defines the maximum size of the content that the system can cache. A regularly visited website with a large-size database may require more memory so as to take an even greater advantage of Memcached, so if you’d like to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any moment with a couple of clicks.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you buy any of our semi-dedicated server packages, you will find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades part of your Hepsia Control Panel, so if you’d like to use it for any of the websites hosted in your semi-dedicated account, you can activate it with just a couple of mouse clicks. The platform is suitable for any script-driven web app like Joomla™, WordPress, or even an in-house built application, and depending on your needs, you’ll be able to select two separate features – how many Internet sites will use Memcached, i.e. the number of instances; and how much information will be cached, i.e. the amount of system memory that the platform will employ. The two features are not tied to each other, so if you manage a regularly visited site with lots of data, you can order one instance and a larger amount of memory. The Memcached caching platform will accelerate the performance of your sites shortly after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy much better loading speeds.
Memcached in VPS Web Hosting
If you get a virtual private server from our company, you will be able to use Memcached at no extra cost, as the data caching platform is available with all VPSs that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you have resource-intensive sites, you will be able to optimize their overall performance with ease and the decreased load on the VPS server will permit you to keep using your current Virtual Private Server plan rather than switching to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that Memcached can use to store information depends on the package that you’re using, but even with a lower-end one, you will get at least several hundred megabytes, which is considerably more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared plan, so the website performance boost will be substantial. You can use the Memcached platform with any database-driven web app, no matter if you’ve written it yourself or you are using a ready-to-use one like Joomla™, WordPress or OpenCart.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting
When you obtain any of our Linux dedicated servers hosting and if you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel during the order process, you’ll get Memcached by default and you can set it up for any website that you host on your dedicated machine without installing or upgrading anything. It will begin storing info as users access your website, so you will detect the effects of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the Memcached platform is 3 gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the dedicate server plan, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to take advantage of the platform for plenty of Internet sites or for a very popular site without compromising its efficiency. The Memcached caching platform will permit you to increase the loading speed of any database-driven Internet site in no time – a Joomla™ portal, a WordPress online journal, an OpenCart web shop, etcetera, and to enhance the performance of your dedicated machine.