A solid-state drive (SSD) enhances the performance of any app running on it compared to a common hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that an SSD works by using multiple interconnected flash memory units, so there're no physical parts to move. In comparison, a hard disk employs spinning disks and every reading or writing process causes the disks to move, so the speed of an HDD is restricted. As the prices of the two types of drives are different as well, a lot of personal computers and web servers are equipped with an SSD for the operating system and random applications, and an HDD for file storage, this way balancing cost and effectiveness. A web hosting provider could also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, thus files which are accessed regularly will be stored on this type of a drive for reaching improved loading speeds and for limiting the reading/writing processes on the hard-disk drives.

SSD with Data Caching in Shared Hosting

We use only SSDs on our advanced cloud web hosting platform and we have eliminated all HDDs on our production servers as to provide improved loading speeds for every part of our services - files, e-mails and databases. That way, all of the content which you upload to your shared hosting account will be reachable very fast. To enhance the overall performance of the websites hosted on our end even more, we also use multiple SSDs which function solely as cache - our system saves repeatedly accessed content on them and updates it instantly. We employ this kind of a configuration to make sure that traffic-intensive sites don't affect the performance of the other websites hosted on our platform and this way all other Internet sites can also take full advantage of the speed which the SSD drives provide. Furthermore, due to the fact that the load on the main drives is decreased, their lifespan shall be longer, which is one more guarantee for the safety and stability of your info.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you purchase one of our semi-dedicated hosting plans, your sites will be stored on a cloud platform which employs only SSD drives for the storing of files, databases and e-mail messages. Together with the cutting-edge ZFS file system that we use, this setup provides very fast loading speed for each web app hosted on our end. To guarantee that the websites of one customer won't affect the ones of another, we also use a number of SSDs as cache - our system detects files that are accessed more frequently and copies them, so that they start loading from the caching drives. The content on the latter is refreshed dynamically and therefore we can balance the load on all the drives, ensure their long life-span, lower the risk of disk failures and, of course, supply a super fast and reliable website hosting service.