Memcached is a caching platform, which is used to improve the overall performance of database-powered Internet sites by caching the requests and the responses between the website visitor and the server. To put it differently, every time a particular page on such a website is visited, the script calls its database to fetch the info that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks on a hyperlink to go to a different page, the whole operation is carried out again and this leads to numerous database queries and higher load on the server, particularly if the site has a lot of simultaneous visitors. Memcached "remembers" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is requested again, the script no longer has to fetch any data from the database, as everything is delivered by the caching platform. Thus, the overall loading speed of your site will increase and you will have more gratified visitors and they’ll be able to browse your website faster. At the same time, the Memcached platform updates its cache every time any information in the database is edited, so the site visitors will never end up seeing out-of-date content.
Memcached in Shared Web Hosting
The Memcached memory caching system is available as an upgrade with each shared web hosting plan offered by our company and you can begin using it the moment you order it, since the extension that it needs so as to run correctly is pre-installed on our advanced cloud hosting platform. You can request the upgrade via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with every shared hosting plan and a new Control Panel section where you can administer Memcached will appear. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the number of instances and the amount of memory, so as to offer you more freedom. The first one refers to the number of the websites that can use Memcached, whereas the second one, which comes in increments of 16 megabytes, defines the maximum size of the content that can be cached by the system. A heavy-traffic website with a large database may need more memory in order to take an even bigger advantage of Memcached, so in case you would like to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any given point with a couple of clicks.
Memcached in Dedicated Servers
You can unlock the full potential of Memcached with every dedicated server that we’re offering in case you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. A special section in it is dedicated to the caching system and you can begin using Memcached for any Internet site hosted on the machine with just a few clicks. You can improve the overall performance of any website, no matter what script-powered app you’re using or how busy the website is, as the minimum amount of memory that Memcached will be able to employ is 3 GB and this amount increases tremendously with the higher-end servers. Soon after the system is activated, it will start caching content each time someone accesses your site, so, once sufficient info has been cached, you will see the reduced load on the server and the improved performance of the website. The Memcached caching system is being used by lots of sites, among them popular portals like Reddit, Zynga and Wikipedia, which proves the efficiency of the Memcached caching system.