A solid-state drive is considerably faster than any normal hard-disk drive. This is because an HDD uses rotating disks, that can rotate only so fast and the more information is read and written, the slower and warmer they become, at the same time an SDD employs modules of flash memory, therefore there aren't any physically moving parts. The access speeds for an SSD are a lot higher, which makes this kind of drives the right solution any time speed is needed. That's why SSDs are frequently employed for the Operating System on a home PC and for saving data that is accessed repeatedly on hosting servers. Many providers also use a combination of both drives, so they store the data on hard-disks, but they use one or more solid-state drives to cache the more often used data and as a consequence, the data loads a lot faster while the load on the HDDs is decreased as their disks have to spin less frequently in order to read and write.

SSD with Data Caching in Shared Web Hosting

The cloud platform where we create shared web hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web apps and static sites will load extremely fast. The SSDs are used for files, emails and databases, so regardless of whether you load a page or check for new email messages through webmail, the content will load promptly. So as to ensure even higher speeds, we also use numerous dedicated SSDs which function only as cache. All content that generates a lot of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later on read from them and not from the primary storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for improved performance. What we achieve this way in addition to the improved speed is decreased overall load, thus lower potential for hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the main drives, which is one more level of protection for any information that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you subscribe for one of our semi-dedicated hosting solutions, we will save your content on SSD drives and this is valid not only for the files, but also for all the databases and e-mails. Thus, your script-driven applications and webmail will load amazingly quickly. We work with dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive site content is duplicated automatically on these drives, so we ensure that several heavy Internet sites that generate plenty of reading and writing processes won't affect the other websites that share the exact same drive. By reducing the overall system load we also raise the lifespan of the main storage disks and reduce the chance of a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add another level of security for your website content.