Memcached is a widely used distributed memory object caching system, which can improve the loading speed and the overall performance of your websites immensely in case they use a database or an API. This is accomplished by caching the requests to the database/API and the responses that are returned, so if a client searches for a certain product on your Internet site, for example, the database won’t have to be accessed to display the results and the whole procedure will be executed considerably quicker. This is valid for all kinds of database-driven applications and not only for e-commerce portals, as every time a page is visited, the application sends a query to its database to get the data that should be shown. With Memcached, not only will your site open significantly faster, but it will also create much less server load. If any content in the database is updated, the cached replies will also be updated, so the site visitors will not see any old information.
Memcached in Shared Web Hosting
You can use the Memcached distributed memory object caching system with all Linux shared web hosting plans that we’re offering. It is available as an upgrade, which you can obtain with only a few clicks of the mouse via your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It needs a PHP extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud platform, so you can start using the Memcached caching system as soon as you order it. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts, which will give you more freedom depending on the Internet sites that you would like to use it for. The first one specifies the number of the Internet sites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the ‘instances’, whereas the second one is related to the system memory, in other words – to how much content Memcached will be able to cache. You can order more memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you’ve got, the more data will be cached, which may be a pretty good idea for frequently visited sites with very large databases and many visitors. In this way, you can enhance the performance of every script-based Internet site hosted on our cloud servers without any effort.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you obtain any of our semi-dedicated server plans, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades part of the Hepsia Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the websites hosted in your semi-dedicated server hosting account, you can add it with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. The memory caching platform is ideal for any script-powered web application such as Joomla™, WordPress, or even a custom-developed one, and depending on your requirements, you will be able to choose two separate things – how many sites will use the Memcached caching platform, in other words – the number of instances; and how much content will be cached, in other words – the amount of memory that the platform will employ. The two things are not tied to each other, so if you run a frequently visited site with a lot of content, you can order one instance and a larger amount of system memory. Memcached will enhance the performance of your websites shortly after you enable it and both you and your website visitors will enjoy much better load times.
Memcached in VPS Servers
Memcached is available by default with all Linux VPS plans that are ordered with our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. The PHP extension it needs to function properly is compiled when the virtual server is configured, so you can begin using the distributed memory caching platform once your new server is up and running. The memory that the Memcached caching platform can use depends on the particular VPS plan, but even with the less powerful plans, you’ll get several hundred megabytes that will be at your disposal for this platform exclusively. This will allow you to enhance the performance of numerous websites hosted on the VPS server at the same time and to lower the load on the machine even if you manage heavy script-powered sites with multiple users. Memcached can be used with any script – Joomla™, Mambo or Drupal™, or a custom-made one, and you will distinguish the faster performance shortly after you begin using it.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
Any dedicated server that’s ordered with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel comes with Memcached pre-installed by default, so you can start using this caching system once your dedicated server is fully functional, without the need to upgrade or install anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can use depends on the very server that you’ve chosen, but as our servers are amazingly powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-heavy Internet sites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be 3 GB. This will permit you to improve the performance of very heavy sites with no effort and you’ll detect the difference shortly after Memcached begins caching database queries. You can use the system with any database-powered portal, including those based on popular CMSs such as WordPress and Joomla™.