Memcached is a caching platform, which is used to accelerate the speed of database-driven websites by caching the calls and the replies between the user and the server. In other words, anytime a certain web page on such a website is visited, the script queries its database to request the info that should be shown to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to open a different web page, the entire process is carried out again and this generates multiple database queries and higher server load, particularly if the website has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so if any of these pages is requested again, the script no longer needs to request any content from the database, since everything is delivered by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your site will increase and you will have more satisfied visitors and they’ll be able to navigate through your site faster. Moreover, Memcached updates its cache every time any information in the database is modified, so the site visitors will never wind up seeing outdated content.

Memcached in Hosting

The Memcached distributed memory caching system is available as an optional upgrade with every hosting plan offered by our company and you’ll be able to begin using it as soon as you add it, since the PHP extension that it needs in order to run correctly is already present on our cutting-edge cloud platform. You can request the upgrade from the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with each and every hosting plan and a new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will appear. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the instances and the amount of system memory, so as to give you more versatility. The first one shows the number of the Internet sites that can use the Memcached caching system, while the second, which is available in increments of 16 megabytes, defines the maximum size of the content that the system can cache. A popular Internet site with a very large database may need more memory in order to take an even greater advantage of the Memcached caching system, so if you’d like to upgrade this service, you’ll be able to do it at any given moment with a few clicks of the mouse.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you decide to host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you can take advantage of Memcached with ease, as the distributed memory caching platform’s activation takes a few clicks from the Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension that is required is pre-installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can begin using Memcached as soon as you add it to your account. You’ll be able to choose how many sites can use it and how much info can be cached, i.e. there’re two separate features that can be upgraded – the instances and the amount of memory. You can get more of both, so if one of your Internet sites becomes extremely popular, for example, you can always get more memory. Our system is amazingly flexible in this regard and we do not tie a specific number of instances to a fixed amount of system memory. You can employ the Memcached caching platform to speed up any script-driven website, including those based on famous web-based applications, such as WordPress or Joomla™.

Memcached in VPS Servers

You’ll get Memcached with each of the VPS server plans that we offer when you pick Hepsia as your Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the object caching platform via the section with the same name. The configuration takes a couple of clicks and you’ll detect the difference in the performance of your Internet sites almost instantly. The amount of memory that Memcached can take advantage of to store information depends on the given Virtual Private Server plan that you have chosen, but at any rate it will be at least several hundred megabytes, which is more than enough even for multiple high-demand sites. You can use the Memcached platform with Internet sites driven by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other Internet application and lower the load on your server, which will enable you to continue using the current VPS hosting package rather than upgrading to a more powerful one, as you simply won’t need it. Memcached is already being used by famous websites like Zynga, Wikipedia and Reddit, which is an evidence of its effectiveness.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Each dedicated server that’s ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can begin using the object caching system as soon as your server is up and running, without the need to upgrade or install anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can employ depends on the very server that you’ve selected, but since our servers are rather powerful and due to the fact that it’s likely that you’ll host resource-hungry Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be 3 GB. This will allow you to improve the overall performance of very heavy sites without effort and you will observe the difference shortly after the Memcached system begins caching database requests. You can make the most of the Memcached caching system with any database-driven web page, including those based on widely used Content Management Systems like Joomla™ and WordPress.