SSD with Data Caching
Know more info on SSD drives and ascertain what SSD caching is. Just what are the benefits of using an SSD drive-powered hosting server?
A solid-state drive (SSD) enhances the performance of any application running on it compared to a common hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that a solid-state drive works by using many different interconnected flash memory modules, so there're no physical parts to move. In contrast, a hard disk works by using spinning disks and every reading or writing process causes the disks to rotate, so the speed of an HDD is restricted. Since the cost of the two types of drives are different as well, lots of personal computers and web servers are set up with an SSD for the operating system and random applications, and an HDD for data storage, in this way balancing cost and effectiveness. A website hosting provider can also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, which means that files that are accessed on a regular basis will be held on such a drive for reaching higher loading speeds and for minimizing the reading/writing processes on the hard drives.
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SSD with Data Caching in Website Hosting
The cloud platform where we make
website hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web applications and static sites will load extremely fast. The SSDs are used for files, emails and databases, so no matter if you open a page or check for new e-mails using webmail, the content will load quickly. To offer even higher speeds, we also use a group of dedicated SSDs that work only as cache. Any content which generates lots of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later read from them and not from the primary storage drives. Of course, that content is replaced dynamically for better performance. What we achieve by doing this apart from the improved speed is decreased overall load, thus decreased potential for hardware failures, and extended lifespan of the main drives, that's one more level of protection for any data that you upload to your account.
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SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you subscribe for one of our
semi-dedicated hosting plans, we'll keep your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all the databases and e-mails. That way, your script-driven applications and webmail will load extremely fast. We employ dedicated SSDs for caching too. Traffic-intensive site content is duplicated automatically on these drives, so we make sure that a few heavy sites which generate plenty of reading and writing processes won't impact the other Internet sites that share the very same drive. By reducing the overall load we also increase the lifespan of the main storage disks and lower the chance of a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an additional level of protection for your website content.