A solid-state drive is considerably quicker than any regular hard disk. It is because a hard-disk drive uses rotating disks, that can rotate only so fast and the more information is read and written, the sluggish and hotter they get, while an SDD operates with modules of flash memory, therefore there aren't any physically moving components. The access speeds for an SSD are substantially higher, which makes this sort of drives an ideal solution in case speed is needed. This is the reason why SSDs are in many cases used for the Operating System on a laptop or computer and for saving data that's accessed frequently on servers. A large number of service providers also use a combination of both drives, so they save the data on hard disk drives, but they use several solid-state drives to cache the more often used data and consequently, the data loads a lot faster while the load on the HDDs is reduced because their disks have to spin less frequently in order to read and write.

SSD with Data Caching in Hosting

The cloud platform where we create hosting accounts uses exclusively SSD drives, so your web applications and static Internet sites will load very fast. The SSDs are used for files, emails and databases, so regardless if you load a page or check for new e-mail messages with webmail, the content will load quickly. To ensure even higher speeds, we also use multiple dedicated SSDs that work only as cache. All of the content that generates a lot of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later read from them and not from the main storage drives. Of course, that content is replaced dynamically for better efficiency. What we achieve that way aside from the better speed is reduced overall load, thus decreased potential for hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the primary drives, that's one more level of security for any data that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you sign up for one of our semi-dedicated server solutions, we'll hold your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all the databases and emails. That way, your script-driven apps and webmail will load very quickly. We employ dedicated SSDs for caching too. Traffic-intensive site content is copied automatically on these drives, so we make certain that a couple of heavy sites that generate a considerable amount of reading and writing processes can't influence the other sites that share the very same drive. By reducing the overall system load we also increase the lifespan of the main storage drives and reduce the possibility of a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an extra level of protection for your site content.