A solid-state drive (SSD) boosts the performance of each application running on it when compared to a common hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that a solid-state drive functions with multiple interconnected flash memory units, so there are no physical parts to move. In comparison, a hard disk functions with spinning disks and each reading or writing process causes the disks to rotate, so the speed of an HDD is fixed. Since the prices of the two kinds of drives are also different, a lot of computer systems and web servers are set up with an SSD for the OS and random applications, and a hard disk for file storage, this way balancing cost and efficiency. A web hosting service provider may also use an SSD for caching purposes, thus files that are accessed on a regular basis will be held on this type of a drive for reaching better loading speeds and for minimizing the reading/writing processes on the HDDs.

SSD with Data Caching in Shared Web Hosting

The cloud platform where we make shared web hosting accounts uses solely SSD drives, so your web apps and static Internet sites will load very quickly. The SSDs are used for files, e-mail addresses and databases, so no matter if you load a page or check for new e-mail messages using webmail, the content will load promptly. To offer even greater speeds, we also use numerous dedicated SSDs which function only as cache. Any content which generates a lot 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 improved performance. What we achieve by doing this in addition to the better speed is reduced overall load, thus lower potential for hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the main drives, that is one more level of protection for any info that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All semi-dedicated hosting accounts that we offer are made on a cloud platform which employs solely SSD drives. We do not use HDDs anymore, so your websites will load amazingly quickly as we employ SSDs for all aspects of the service - files, databases and email addresses. As some customers may host Internet sites that could be more popular than others, we also use a number of drives for caching. Our system discovers all of the content which is loaded more regularly and copies it on these drives in order to load it from them. This configuration is used for load-balancing purposes as we guarantee that several reading/writing intensive websites will not affect the performance of the rest of the Internet sites that are stored on the same main drive. Using caching drives also raises the life-span of the main storage SSDs and decreases the probability of disk failures.