A solid-state drive (SSD) boosts the performance of each application running on it as compared with a classic hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that a solid-state drive works by using a number of interconnected flash memory modules, so there are no physical parts to move. In comparison, a hard-disk drive uses spinning disks and any reading or writing process causes the disks to move, so the speed of an HDD is limited. Because the prices of the two kinds of drives are also different, a lot of computer systems and web servers are provided with an SSD for the OS and random applications, and a hard disk for file storage, this way balancing cost and overall performance. A web hosting provider can also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, thus files which are used on a regular basis will be stored on such a drive for accomplishing improved loading speeds and for reducing the reading/writing processes on the hard drives.

SSD with Data Caching in Shared Hosting

In case you host your Internet sites in a shared hosting account from our company, you will notice their exceptional performance. This is because our cloud platform uses solely SSD drives for all files, e-mails and databases and we don't use HDDs for any part of the Internet hosting service. Together with the advanced ZFS file system, this setup will boost the speed of your sites substantially. For load-balancing, we also use a number of SSDs for caching purposes only. Any content which generates more traffic or causes a lot of reading/writing processes is copied on them promptly, so that the load on the main drives will be reduced, thus the overall performance of all websites hosted with us will improve. The latter in turn prolongs the life of the primary drives and reduces the possibility of a disk failure, which is a further warranty for the reliability of all content which you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you sign up 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 databases and e-mails. That way, your script-driven apps and webmail will load very quickly. We work with dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive site content is copied automatically on these drives, so we ensure that a few heavy websites that generate plenty of reading and writing processes won't affect the other sites that share the very same drive. By reducing the overall system load we also boost the lifespan of the main storage drives and lower the probability of a disk failure, so by using SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an extra level of stability for your website content.