Memcached is a content caching system, which is used to increase the loading speed of database-powered websites by caching the queries and the replies between the visitor and the server. In other words, anytime a particular page on such a website is accessed, the script connects to its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to open a different page, the whole procedure is carried out again and this leads to numerous database calls and high server load, especially if the website has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is opened again, the script no longer has to cull any info from the database, since everything is delivered by the caching platform. Thus, the overall speed of your site will "soar" and you will get more satisfied visitors and they will be able to navigate through your site faster. Besides, Memcached "refreshes" its cache whenever any information in the database is updated, so the website visitors will never see old data.

Memcached in Shared Web Hosting

You can take advantage of the Memcached object caching system with all shared web hosting plans that we offer. It is offered as an optional upgrade, which you can acquire with only a few clicks through your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. It requires an extension, which is pre-installed on our cloud hosting platform, so you can begin using the Memcached caching system as soon as you order it. The upgrade is subdivided into two parts, which will give you more versatility depending on the websites that you’d like to use it for. The first one defines the number of the websites that will use the Memcached caching system, or the so-called ‘instances’, while the second one is related to the memory, i.e. to how much content the system will be able to cache. You can add more memory in increments of 16 megabytes and the more memory you have added, the more data will be cached, which may be a very good idea for high-traffic sites with large-sized databases and many concurrent visitors. Thus, you can supercharge the overall performance of every script-powered website hosted on our servers with ease.