A solid-state drive (SSD) improves the performance of every application running on it when compared with an ordinary hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that a solid-state drive employs multiple interconnected flash memory modules, 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 spin, so the speed of an HDD is restricted. Since the cost of the two kinds of drives also differ, 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 overall performance. A hosting provider may also use an SSD for caching purposes, so files which are accessed very often will be saved on this type of a drive for reaching improved loading speeds and for limiting 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 exclusively SSD drives, so your web apps and static websites will open extremely fast. The SSDs are used for files, email addresses and databases, so regardless if you open a page or check for new emails through webmail, the content will load quickly. To ensure even higher speeds, we also use multiple dedicated SSDs that function only as cache. Any content that generates a lot of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later on read from them and not from the main storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for better performance. What we achieve in this way in addition to the improved speed is reduced 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.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you want speed and top-notch performance for your sites, our semi-dedicated hosting accounts will be a really suitable solution as they are generated on a cloud platform which uses SSDs for every part of the service - e-mails, databases and files. This way, each and every website that you host with us will load fast. Similar to other providers, we also use SSDs for caching, but since all storage drives are solid-state ones, you will be able to take advantage of the top performance all the time and whatever the type of your sites. The caching solid-state drives are used for load-balancing and any frequently accessed content is copied on them, which both minimizes the load and guarantees the fantastic performance of all sites that load from the main drives. The lifespan of the latter will also be increased considering that there'll be substantially less reading and writing processes on them.