Memcached is a commonly used distributed memory caching system, which can improve the loading speed and the overall performance of your sites significantly if they use a database or an API. This is accomplished by caching the requests to the API/database and the replies that are delivered, so when a visitor searches for a certain product on your Internet site, for example, the database will not have to be accessed to return the results and the whole task will be carried out noticeably faster. This is valid for all kinds of database-driven apps and not only for web stores, as anytime a given page is opened, the app sends a request to its database to get the content that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your site load noticeably faster, but it will also create much less server load. If any data in the database is edited, the cached replies will also be ‘refreshed’, so the users won’t see any old info.

Memcached in Hosting

You can make use of the Memcached memory caching system with all Linux hosting that we are offering. It’s available as an optional upgrade, which you can get with just a couple of clicks through your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is already installed on our cloud platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system as soon as you add it. The upgrade is separated into two parts, which will give you more versatility depending on the websites that you wish to use it for. The first part shows the number of the sites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the so-called ‘instances’, while the second one is related to the system memory, i.e. to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can order more system memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you’ve ordered, the more content will be cached, which may be an exceptionally good idea for popular sites with large-sized databases and lots of visitors. In this way, you can supercharge the loading speed of any script-driven website hosted on our servers without effort.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you acquire any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you’ll find Memcached as an optional upgrade in the Upgrades part of your Hepsia Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the sites hosted in the semi-dedicated account, you can add it with only a couple of mouse clicks. The caching platform is ideal for any script-driven application like Joomla™, WordPress, or even a custom-developed one, and based on your demands, you’ll be able to select two separate things – how many sites will use the Memcached caching platform, i.e. the number of instances; and how much info will be stored, in other words – the amount of system memory that the platform will employ. The two things are not tied to each other, so if you manage a traffic-consuming website with lots of data, you can order one instance and a larger amount of system memory. The Memcached caching platform will optimize the overall performance of your Internet sites shortly after you enable it and both you and your site visitors will enjoy faster loading speeds.

Memcached in VPS Servers

When you purchase a VPS server from our company, you will be able to use Memcached at no extra fee, as the content caching platform is available with all VPSs that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you’ve got resource-intensive sites, you will be able to accelerate their performance without any effort and the decreased server load will enable you to continue using your current Virtual Private Server hosting package instead of migrating to a more powerful one. The amount of memory that the Memcached platform can use to cache info depends on the plan that you are using, but even with a less powerful one, you’ll have no less than several hundred megabytes, which is considerably more than what you’d get with a shared hosting plan, so the website performance boost will be serious. You can use Memcached with any database-driven web app, regardless of whether you have developed it yourself or you are using a ready-for-use one such as Joomla™, WordPress or OpenCart.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Any dedicated server that is ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can begin using the content caching system once your server is fully operational, without the need to install or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the dedicated server that you’ve picked, but since our servers are very powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-hungry Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use is 3 gigabytes. This will permit you to increase the overall performance of extremely popular websites with no effort and you’ll note the difference soon after the Memcached caching system starts caching database queries. You can use the system with any database-powered portal, including those that are based on famous Content Management Systems like Joomla™ and WordPress.