Memcached is a distributed memory caching system, which is used to accelerate the loading speed of database-driven Internet sites by caching the queries and the replies between the user and the server. To put it simply, anytime a specific page on such a website is visited, the script sends a query to its database to fetch the info that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks on a hyperlink to open a different page, the entire procedure is performed again and this results in multiple database queries and high server load, even more so if the site has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is visited again, the script no longer has to fetch any information from the database, as everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. In this way, the overall load speed of your website will increase and you will enjoy more happy visitors and they will be able to surf through your site much faster. At the same time, Memcached updates its cache whenever any info in the database is altered, so the visitors will never see old data.

Memcached in Hosting

The Memcached object caching system comes as an upgrade with every hosting that we’re offering and you’ll be able to begin using it the moment you activate it, since the extension that it needs so as to function correctly is pre-installed on our innovative cloud platform. You can order the upgrade via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with every shared web hosting package and a brand-new Control Panel section where you can manage Memcached will show up. The upgrade is divided into two parts – the instances and the memory, so as to offer you more freedom. The first one shows the number of the sites which can use Memcached, whereas the second one, which comes in increments of 16 MB, determines the total size of the content that the system can cache. A traffic-heavy website with a large database may need more memory so as to take an even greater advantage of Memcached, so in case you would like to upgrade this feature, you’ll be able to do it at any given moment with a couple of clicks.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can get the Memcached distributed memory object caching system as an upgrade with all our semi-dedicated servers and since it works with any script-based web application, you can use it for any site that you host on our platform, no matter what app you have used – Joomla™, WordPress or Mambo, a custom-developed one, etc. You can request the upgrade from the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two different things – the number of instances and the amount of memory that they will use. To put it in simple terms, these things show how many Internet sites will use Memcached and the amount of system memory that the system will be able to use to cache your content. The two things are offered separately for more freedom and one instance does not come with a particular amount of memory. You can take advantage of Memcached with any type of website and both you and your site visitors will swiftly perceive the difference in the performance.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

You can make use of the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server offered by us in case you select Hepsia as your Control Panel. A special section in it is dedicated to the data caching system and you can start using Memcached for any Internet site hosted on the dedicated server with just several clicks. You can increase the performance of any website, irrespective of what script-based app you are using or how large the Internet site is, since the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to use is 3 GB and this amount increases substantially with the more powerful dedicated servers. Shortly after the caching system is enabled, it will begin caching content anytime someone accesses your website, so, once enough info has been cached, you will see the decreased load on your dedicated machine and the improved performance of your site. Memcached is being used by plenty of websites, among them popular portals like Wikipedia, Reddit and Zynga, which is an evidence of the efficiency of the Memcached caching system.