Memcached is an object caching system, which is used to supercharge the speed of database-driven websites by caching the requests and the replies between the user and the server. To put it simply, every time a certain web page on such a site is visited, the script sends a query to its database to request the information that should be shown to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to open another web page, the entire operation is carried out again and this leads to a lot of database requests and excessive load on the server, particularly if the site has lots of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so if any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer has to request any data from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall speed of your site will "soar" and you will get more happy visitors and they will be able to navigate through your site faster. Moreover, the Memcached platform "refreshes" its cache when any data in the database is modified, so the website visitors will never end up seeing out-of-date content.
Memcached in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you purchase one of our semi-dedicated server packages, you’ll find Memcached as an optional feature in the Upgrades section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you want to use it for any of the websites hosted in the semi-dedicated account, you can enable it with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. The memory caching platform is suitable for any script-driven software application such as WordPress, Joomla™, or even a custom application, and based on your necessities, you’ll be able to choose two different features – how many Internet sites will use the Memcached caching platform, i.e. the number of instances; and how much information will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory that the platform will employ. The two features are not bound to each other, so if you have a high-demand Internet site with a lot of content, you can order one instance and a large amount of system memory. The Memcached platform will optimize the overall performance of your Internet sites soon after you enable it and both you and your site visitors will enjoy faster load speeds.
Memcached in Dedicated Web Hosting
Each dedicated server ordered with our Hepsia Control Panel comes with Memcached already installed by default, so you can start using the object caching system as soon as your dedicated server is fully functional, without having to activate or upgrade anything. The amount of memory that Memcached can use depends on the very server that you’ve selected, but as our servers are astonishingly powerful and considering the fact that it is likely that you will host resource-demanding websites on them, the minimum amount of memory that the system can use will be 3 gigabytes. This will permit you to boost the overall performance of extremely busy Internet sites without effort and you’ll detect the difference shortly after the Memcached system begins caching database requests. You can make full use of the Memcached caching system with any database-driven online portal, including those that are based on famous CMSs like Joomla™ and WordPress.