Memcached is a caching system, which is used to increase the load speed of database-powered websites by caching the requests and the replies between the user and the server. In simple terms, every time a given web page on such a website is requested, the script queries its database to get the info that should be displayed to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a link to visit a different web page, the entire operation is repeated and this leads to multiple database calls and high server load, even more so if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "remembers" this exchange of information, so if any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer has to pull any info from the database, as everything is provided by the caching platform. In this way, the overall loading speed of your site will "soar" and you will enjoy more happy visitors and they’ll be able to browse your site much faster. Furthermore, the Memcached platform updates its cache whenever any content in the database is changed, so the users will never end up seeing old content.

Memcached in Web Hosting

Memcached is offered as an optional upgrade with each and every web hosting plan that we offer and if you would like to use it for any script-driven Internet site that you host on our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform, you will be able to add it in a couple of easy steps via your Hepsia Control Panel. In the meantime, you’ll be given the option to upgrade two different things – the instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the sites that can use the Memcached distributed memory object caching system at the same time, so if you need it for several sites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the maximum amount of memory that Memcached will be able to use in order to cache information, so for numerous websites (or for one traffic-hungry site), you’d better order more memory for improved performance. The memory is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be ordered at any point. With Memcached, each script-based website hosted on our cloud servers will load extremely fast.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Memcached is available free of charge with all dedicated web hosting plans that we’re offering and the sole condition is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You can use the distributed memory caching system for any database-powered website, including those that are based on famous Internet apps – for instance, a WordPress online journal or a Joomla™-driven community web portal. Each server is tied to a certain amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system can use, but the minimum you’ll get is 3 gigabytes, which is quite enough to accelerate the loading speed of very large sites greatly, as this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached data. The Memcached system will start storing info the moment it is enabled, so soon thereafter, you’ll see the optimized performance of your websites and the lowered load on the dedicated server. Many Internet sites use Memcached to enhance their effectiveness, among them famous ones like Wikipedia and Reddit.