Memcached is a famous distributed memory caching system, which can boost the loading speed and the overall performance of your sites immensely if they use a database or an API. This is achieved by caching the calls to the database/API and the responses that are returned, so if a user conducts a search for a given product on your site, for instance, the database won’t have to be accessed to show the results and the whole task will be performed noticeably faster. That goes for all kinds of database-driven applications and not only for e-shops, as anytime a specific page is accessed, the app 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 create much less load. If any data in the database is updated, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the users will not see any old information.
Memcached in Website Hosting
The Memcached distributed memory object caching system is available as an upgrade with each and every Linux website hosting offered by us and you’ll be able to begin using it the moment you add it, since the PHP extension that it needs so as to work properly is already installed on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform. You can order the upgrade through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each shared web hosting package and a brand-new section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the instances and the memory, so as to give you more freedom. The first one refers to the number of the websites which can use Memcached, while the second, which is offered in increments of 16 megabytes, specifies the total size of the content that the system can cache. A frequently visited site with a large-size database may need more memory to take an even greater advantage of Memcached, so in case you would like to upgrade this feature, you will be able to do it at any given point with a couple of clicks.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can add Memcached to any of the semi-dedicated hosting offered by us and use its full potential for any script-powered website hosted on our servers. The upgrade is offered through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can select two things – the number of instances and the memory. These things define the number of the sites that can use the Memcached caching platform and how much memory it will use to cache your information. You can choose them separately, since a given instance is not bound to a fixed amount of system memory, so you can use a lot of memory for one large-size Internet site, for instance. This upgrade is available in increments of 16 MB and you can order as much memory as you want. The Memcached platform can be used with any script-powered site regardless of its nature, including those based on widely used Internet apps like WordPress, Drupal™ or Joomla™, and many companies like Zynga and Wikipedia are already using it to optimize the loading speed of their sites.
Memcached in VPS Hosting
Memcached is available as standard with all Linux VPS hosting packages ordered with our custom Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it requires in order to perform properly is compiled when the virtual server is configured, so you can begin using the object caching platform the moment your brand new VPS server is fully operational. The system memory that the Memcached platform can employ depends on the particular Virtual Private Server plan, but even with the lower-end plans, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will permit you to enhance the overall performance of numerous websites hosted on the virtual server simultaneously and to reduce the load on the machine even if you have content-loaded script-based web pages with lots of viewers. The Memcached caching platform can be used with any script – Mambo, Joomla™ or Drupal™, or a custom-developed one, and you will distinguish the better overall performance soon after you start using it.
Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting
You can unleash the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server that we offer if you select Hepsia as your Control Panel. A section in it is dedicated to the distributed memory caching system and you can begin using Memcached for any website hosted on the dedicated server with only a couple of mouse clicks. You can enhance the overall performance of any website, regardless of what script-based app you’re using or how large the website is, since the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is three gigabytes and this amount grows substantially with the more powerful servers. Shortly after the caching system is enabled, it will start caching data anytime somebody browses your website, so, as soon as enough data has been stored, you’ll notice the decreased load on the server and the improved overall performance of your website. The Memcached caching system is being used by many websites, among them popular portals like Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which proves the efficiency of the Memcached system.