Memcached is a data caching system, which is used to boost the loading speed of database-powered Internet sites by caching the queries and the replies between the user and the server. Simply put, every time a certain web page on such a site is visited, the script queries its database to fetch the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks a hyperlink to visit a different web page, the whole process is executed again and this results in plenty of database requests and high server load, even more so if the website has lots of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this exchange of information, so if any of these pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to request any data from the database, since everything is provided by the caching platform. In this way, the overall loading speed of your site will "soar" and you’ll have more satisfied visitors and they will be able to surf through your website much faster. Also, the Memcached platform updates its cache whenever any data in the database is modified, so the site visitors will never wind up seeing old data.

Memcached in Cloud Web Hosting

Memcached is available as an upgrade with each and every cloud web hosting account that we are offering and in case you want to use it for any script-based website that you host on our advanced cloud hosting platform, you’ll be able to enable it in a couple of easy steps through your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the process, you will be given the option to upgrade two separate things – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one is related to the number of the Internet sites that can use the Memcached object caching system at the same time, so if you need it for several Internet sites, you can get a handful of instances. The second one has to do with the maximum amount of memory that Memcached will be permitted to use to cache information, so for lots of sites (or for one single busy site), you may want to order more memory for improved performance. The memory is offered in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be added every time you need it. With Memcached, each script-based website hosted on our servers will open faster than the speed of light.