Memcached

Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which is used to improve the loading speed of database-powered sites by caching the requests and the replies between the website visitor and the server. Simply put, every time a certain page on such a site is requested, the script sends a database query to request the info that should be displayed to the visitor. If the latter clicks a link to open a different page, the whole operation is performed again and this leads to plenty of database queries and higher load on the server, especially if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer has to fetch any information from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. In this way, the overall loading speed of your website will increase and you’ll enjoy more gratified visitors and they will be able to surf through your website much faster. Furthermore, Memcached updates its cache if any info in the database is modified, so the users will never see outdated content.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you choose to host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to take advantage of Memcached with ease, since the memory caching platform’s activation requires a few clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia Control Panel. The extension that it requires is already installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can start using Memcached as soon as you add it to your semi-dedicated server account. You’ll be able to choose how many Internet sites can use it and how much information can be cached, in other words – there are two different upgradable features – the instances and the memory. You can order more of both, so if one of your sites becomes very busy, for example, you can always order more memory. Our system is quite flexible in this regard and we do not tie a specific number of instances to a fixed amount of system memory. You can take advantage of the Memcached platform to increase the speed of any script-driven site, including those based on widely used Internet applications, such as WordPress or Joomla^™.

Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting

You can make use of the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server offered by our company in case you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. A special 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 just several mouse clicks. You can increase the performance of any site, irrespective of what script-driven app you are using or how popular the website is, as the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is 3 gigabytes and this amount grows tremendously with the more powerful servers. Shortly after the caching system is enabled, it will begin caching data every time someone accesses your website, so, once enough info has been cached, you’ll detect the reduced load on the dedicated machine and the enhanced overall performance of your Internet site. The Memcached system is being used by numerous sites, among them famous portals like Zynga, Wikipedia and Reddit, which is an evidence of the efficiency of the Memcached system.