A solid-state drive (SSD) is a media which uses flash modules so as to store information. The SSDs are still relatively new and more pricey when compared to standard hard disk drives (HDD), but they are considerably faster, so they are often employed for Operating Systems and apps on both desktops and web servers. An SSD is recommended because it doesn't have spinning disks that restrict its speed and could cause overheating like it may happen with an HDD. Lots of companies work with SSDs for caching purposes, so all of the site content that is accessed more frequently will be stored on such drives, while all other content will be located on regular HDDs. The main reason to use such a configuration is to balance the price and overall performance of their hosting platform and to lower the load on the HDDs resulting from intense reading and writing processes.

SSD with Data Caching in Hosting

The cloud platform where we create hosting accounts uses exclusively SSD drives, so your web apps and static websites will load very quickly. The SSDs are used for files, e-mails and databases, so regardless of whether you load a page or check for new email messages through webmail, the content will load right away. In order to ensure even higher speeds, we also use multiple dedicated SSDs which work 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. Of course, that content is replaced dynamically for improved performance. What we achieve in this way in addition to the better speed is decreased overall load, thus decreased potential for hardware failures, and longer lifespan of the primary drives, that is one more level of security for any data that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you register for one of our semi-dedicated server plans, we'll keep your content on SSD drives and this is valid not only for the files, but also for all of the databases and email messages. That way, your script-driven apps and webmail will load very fast. We use dedicated SSDs for caching too. Traffic-intensive site content is copied automatically on these drives, so we ensure that a couple of heavy websites which generate plenty of reading and writing processes will not impact the other Internet sites that share the very same drive. By reducing the overall load we also boost the lifespan of the main storage disks and reduce the chance of a disk failure, so by using SSD drives for caching purposes, we add one more level of stability for your content.