Memcached is a distributed memory caching platform, which has been gaining popularity lately thanks to its efficiency. It’s used to cache calls and responses between a database and the app that is using it, which can increase the performance of your website and decrease the created load significantly. Every time a web page on an app-powered site is visited, the application connects to the database and "asks" what information should be shown, and then pulls it. With Memcached, these procedures are skipped, since the platform has already cached all the content that should be shown on a certain webpage. If any data is edited, the Memcached content is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the users will never end up seeing outdated data. The platform is an excellent choice for every site that has plenty of viewers, since it will make it blazing-fast and will enhance the user experience.

Memcached in Shared Hosting

When you host script-based websites in a shared hosting account with our company, you will be able to add the Memcached content caching system to your shared web hosting package with only a few clicks of the mouse through your Hepsia Control Panel. The upgrade will be available instantaneously and, since the PHP extension needed for it is already installed on our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform, you can start using it right away. To give you more versatility, we offer two separate upgrades related to the number of instances (in other words – how many sites will use Memcached) and to the system memory that Memcached will use. The latter is offered in increments of 16 MB and you can add as much memory as you wish. Naturally, the more memory Memcached is allowed to use, the more content it will cache, so in case you own a resource-intensive website with lots of content, you may need more memory to be able to make full use of the power that Memcached can give you.

Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you decide to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to take advantage of Memcached effortlessly, since the distributed memory object caching platform’s setup requires a couple of clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The PHP extension that is required is pre-installed on our semi-dedicated servers, so you can start using Memcached the moment you add it to your account. You’ll be able to select how many sites can use it and how much data can be cached, in other words – there are two different features that can be upgraded – the instances and the amount of system memory. You can order more of both, so if one of your sites becomes very popular, for example, you can always get more memory. Our system is really flexible in this regard and we do not bind a given number of instances to a pre-defined amount of memory. You can employ the Memcached caching platform to speed up any script-driven website, including those that are based on popular web apps, such as Joomla™ or WordPress.

Memcached in VPS Web Hosting

You’ll get Memcached with any of the virtual private server packages offered by us if you choose Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to activate the distributed memory object caching platform via the Control Panel section with the same name. The setup requires several clicks and you will detect the difference in the performance of your sites almost instantaneously. The amount of system memory that Memcached can take advantage of to store information depends on the given VPS hosting plan that you have chosen, but in any case it will not be less than several hundred MB, which is more than enough even for several large-sized sites. You can use the Memcached platform with Internet sites powered by WordPress, Joomla™ or any other web application and reduce the load on your virtual server, which will allow you to continue using the current VPS hosting plan instead of moving to a more powerful one, as you simply won’t need it. The Memcached platform is already being used by popular websites like Wikipedia, Zynga and Reddit, which is a confirmation of its efficacy.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers Hosting

Any dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using the caching system as soon as your dedicated server is ready, without the need to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of system memory that Memcached can use depends on the dedicated server that you have picked, but since our servers are incredibly powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-heavy websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the caching system can use will be 3 GB. This will enable you to increase the performance of extremely popular sites without effort and you will notice the difference shortly after Memcached starts caching database calls. You can make the most of the Memcached caching system with any database-driven online portal, including those based on widely used CMSs like Joomla™ and WordPress.