A solid-state drive (SSD) enhances the performance of any application running on it as compared to an ordinary hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that an SSD employs many different interconnected flash memory modules, so there are no physical parts to move. In comparison, an HDD functions with spinning disks and each reading or writing process causes the disks to rotate, so the speed of an HDD is fixed. As the cost of the two kinds of drives are different as well, numerous personal computers and web servers are provided with an SSD for the operating system and random applications, and a hard disk for file storage, this way balancing price and overall performance. A hosting service provider could also use an SSD for caching purposes, so files which are accessed regularly will be stored on such a drive for accomplishing higher loading speeds and for minimizing the reading/writing processes on the hard drives.

SSD with Data Caching in Cloud Hosting

The cloud platform where we create cloud hosting accounts uses solely SSD drives, so your web applications and static sites will load very quickly. The SSDs are used for files, email addresses and databases, so regardless if you load a page or check for new messages through webmail, the content will load without delay. So as to offer even higher speeds, we also use a number of dedicated SSDs which function only as cache. All content which generates a lot of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later read from them and not from the main storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for much better performance. What we achieve this way except for the improved speed is reduced overall load, thus decreased probability of hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the primary drives, that's one more level of protection for any data that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you sign up for one of our semi-dedicated hosting plans, we will store your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all databases and e-mail messages. Thus, your script-driven applications and webmail will load very quickly. We use dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive website content is cloned automatically on these drives, so we ensure that a couple of heavy sites which generate plenty of reading and writing processes shall not influence the other websites which share the very same drive. By reduction of the overall load we also raise the lifespan of the main storage drives and reduce the potential for a disk failure, so by using SSD drives for caching purposes, we add another level of protection for your site content.