Memcached is a content caching platform, which has been gaining in popularity in recent years thanks to its effectiveness. It is used to cache calls and replies between a database and the application that uses it, which can increase the performance of your site and decrease the generated load drastically. Anytime a web page on an app-driven Internet site is opened, the app connects to the database and "asks" what information should be displayed, and then pulls it. With Memcached, these steps are skipped, as the platform has already cached the content that should appear on a certain page. When any content is edited, the Memcached content is updated as well, so the users will never end up seeing old content. Memcached is a perfect solution for any site that attracts plenty of viewers, as it will make it extremely fast and will improve the user experience.

Memcached in Shared Web Hosting

Memcached is offered as an optional upgrade with each shared web hosting plan offered by our company and you will be able to start using it the moment you order it, as the extension that it requires in order to run properly is already present on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform. You can order the upgrade from the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with each and every hosting plan and a brand-new Control Panel section where you can manage Memcached will appear. The upgrade is separated into two parts – the number of instances and the amount of system memory, so as to give you more flexibility. The first one shows the number of the Internet sites that can use Memcached, whereas the second, which comes in increments of 16 megabytes, specifies the total size of the content that can be cached by the system. A heavy-traffic website with a very large database may require more memory in order to take an even greater advantage of Memcached, so if you wish to upgrade this service, you will be able to do it at any given moment with several clicks of the mouse.

Memcached in Dedicated Servers

Memcached comes free of charge with all dedicated web hosting plans that we are offering and the sole condition is that the dedicated server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. You can use the memory caching system for any database-powered website, including those based on widely used apps – for instance, a WordPress blog or a Joomla™-powered social networking site. Each dedicated machine comes with a specific amount of system memory that the Memcached caching system can employ, but the minimum you’ll get is 3 GB, which is sufficient enough to enhance the loading speed of extremely popular sites substantially, since this memory will be dedicated to storing the cached content. The Memcached system will start caching content the moment it’s activated, so shortly thereafter, you’ll see the improved overall performance of your Internet sites and the lowered load on the server. Many websites use the Memcached system to increase their effectiveness, among them famous ones such as Wikipedia and Reddit.