Memcached is a memory caching system, which is used to enhance the performance of database-powered sites by caching the requests and the replies between the user and the server. To put it simply, anytime a given web page on such a website is opened, the script connects to its database to request the info that should be shown to the visitor. If the latter clicks a link to visit a different page, the whole procedure is repeated and this leads to a lot of database queries 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 needs to extract any content from the database, since everything is delivered by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall load speed of your site will "soar" and you’ll get more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to browse your site faster. Also, the Memcached platform updates its cache if any info in the database is modified, so the website users will never see outdated data.
Memcached in Website Hosting
Memcached is offered as an optional upgrade with each and every website hosting plan offered by our company and in case you’d like to use it for any script-driven website that you host on our avant-garde cloud website hosting platform, you will be able to activate it in several simple steps via your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the process, you will be offered the option to upgrade two different features – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one has to do with the number of the sites that can use the Memcached object caching system simultaneously, so if you need it for several sites, you can get a number of instances. The second one has to do with the total amount of memory that Memcached will be allowed to use in order to cache information, so for multiple websites (or for one single busy site), you should get more memory for better results. The memory comes in increments of 16 MB and more memory can be ordered every time you need it. With the Memcached caching system, any script-driven site hosted on our cloud servers will load lightning-fast.
Memcached in Dedicated Hosting
You can use the full potential of Memcached with each dedicated server offered by us in case you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. A section in it is dedicated to the caching system and you can start using Memcached for any website hosted on the dedicated machine with only a couple of mouse clicks. You can improve the performance of any website, regardless of what script-based software app you rely on or how large the site is, as the minimum amount of system memory that Memcached will be able to employ is 3 GB and this amount grows significantly with the more powerful servers. Shortly after the caching system is enabled, it will start caching data each time someone accesses your website, so, as soon as enough information has been stored, you’ll detect the decreased load on the dedicated server and the enhanced performance of your site. The Memcached system is being used by a lot of websites, among them famous portals like Reddit, Wikipedia and Zynga, which shows the effectiveness of the Memcached system.