Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system, which is used to supercharge the loading speed of database-powered Internet sites by caching the requests and the replies between the visitor and the server. In other words, anytime a particular web page on such a site is visited, the script calls its database to get the information that should be displayed to the website visitor. In case the latter clicks on a link to open some other page, the entire process is executed again and this results in numerous database requests and high load on the server, especially if the site has a lot of concurrent visitors. Memcached "memorizes" this information exchange, so in case any of these web pages is accessed again, the script no longer needs to request any data from the database, since everything is provided by the Memcached platform. Thus, the overall speed of your site will "soar" and you will get more pleased visitors and they’ll be able to surf through your site much faster. Moreover, Memcached updates its cache whenever any info in the database is changed, so the visitors will never see outdated data.
Memcached in Shared Web Hosting
Memcached is available as an optional upgrade with each shared web hosting account that we offer and if you would like to use it for any script-powered website that you host on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform, you will be able to order it in a few easy steps via your Hepsia Control Panel. During the process, you’ll get the option to upgrade two different features – the instances and the memory. The first one has to do with the number of the Internet sites that can use the Memcached caching system at the same time, so if you need it for several websites, you can order a handful of instances. The second one refers to the maximum amount of memory that Memcached will be permitted to use to cache info, so for a lot of websites (or for one single resource-demanding site), you’d better order more memory for improved performance. The memory comes in increments of 16 megabytes and more memory can be ordered every time you need it. With Memcached, every script-powered Internet site hosted on our servers will open extremely fast.