Memcached
Discover what Memcached is and why many people use it for their databases.
Memcached is a memory caching platform, which is used to improve the loading speed of database-powered Internet sites by caching the requests and the responses between the website visitor and the server. In simple terms, anytime a specific page on such a website is accessed, the script connects to its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks a link to open another page, the entire procedure is carried out again and this results in lots of database requests and excessive server load, particularly if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is visited again, the script no longer has to cull any data from the database, since everything is delivered by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your website will increase and you will get more satisfied visitors and they’ll be able to browse your site much faster. At the same time, Memcached "refreshes" its cache whenever any content in the database is changed, so the website visitors will never wind up seeing outdated data.
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Memcached in Cloud Hosting
The Memcached object caching system is offered as an upgrade with each and every
Linux cloud hosting that we are offering and you will be able to start using it the moment you order it, as the PHP extension that it needs so as to work properly is pre-installed on our advanced cloud website hosting platform. You can request the upgrade through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each shared web hosting plan and a brand-new section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts – the number of instances and the system memory, so as to give you more flexibility. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites that can use the Memcached caching system, whereas the second, which is offered in increments of 16 megabytes, determines the total size of the content that the system can cache. A regularly visited site with a large-size database may need more memory to take an even greater advantage of the Memcached caching system, so in case you need to upgrade this service, you’ll be able to do it at any given time with a couple of mouse clicks.
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Memcached in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can get the Memcached memory caching system as an upgrade with each of our
semi-dedicated servers and since it works with any script-based app, you can use it for every site that you host on our semi-dedicated servers, regardless of what application you have used – WordPress, Mambo or Joomla
™, a custom one, etc. You can request the upgrade from the respective section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel from which you manage your semi-dedicated server account, and you can choose two different features – the number of instances and the amount of memory that they will use. Basically, these things indicate how many websites will use Memcached and the maximum amount of memory that the system will be able to use in order to store your information. The two things are offered independently for more flexibility and one instance does not come with a fixed amount of system memory. You can use Memcached with any kind of website and both you and the visitors will swiftly notice the difference in the performance.
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Memcached in VPS Servers
If you acquire a
VPS server from our company, you will be able to use Memcached at no additional fee, as the distributed memory object caching platform is available with all VPSs that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. Even if you manage resource-heavy sites, you will be able to boost their performance without efforts and the decreased load on the server will permit you to continue using your current Virtual Private Server hosting plan rather than switching to a more powerful one. The amount of system memory that the Memcached platform can use to store information depends on the plan that you are using, but even with a low-end one, you’ll get no less than several hundred MB, which is significantly more than the amount of memory you’d get with a shared web hosting package, so the website performance boost will be great. You can take advantage of Memcached with any database-powered app, irrespective of whether you’ve developed it on your own or you’re using a ready-for-use one like OpenCart, WordPress or Joomla
™.
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Memcached in Dedicated Servers
When you order one of our
dedicated web hosting plans and if you pick Hepsia as your website hosting Control Panel at signup, you’ll get the Memcached content caching platform as standard and you can activate it for each website that you host on your dedicated machine without upgrading or installing anything. It will start storing info as users visit your Internet site, so you will notice the results of using it soon thereafter. The minimum amount of memory that will be available to the platform is 3 gigabytes and normally, the more powerful the dedicate server plan, the more memory Memcached will have at its disposal. This amount will permit you to take advantage of the caching platform for multiple sites or for a very heavy Internet site without weakening its efficiency. Memcached will enable you to increase the load speed of any database-powered site very quickly – a Joomla
™ portal, a WordPress online diary, an OpenCart store, etcetera, and to improve the overall performance of your dedicated machine.