A solid-state drive (SSD) boosts the performance of every app running on it when compared to a regular hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that an SSD functions with many different interconnected flash memory modules, so there are no physical parts to move. In contrast, an HDD features spinning disks and every reading or writing process causes the disks to spin, which means that the speed of an HDD is fixed. Since the prices of the two types of drives also differ, many personal computers and web servers are provided with an SSD for the operating system and random applications, and a hard-disk drive for file storage, in this way balancing price and efficiency. An Internet hosting provider could also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, so files that are accessed frequently will be located on such a drive for accomplishing 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 make cloud hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web applications and static sites will load extremely fast. The SSDs are used for files, emails and databases, so regardless if you open 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 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 much better performance. What we achieve that way apart from the improved speed is reduced overall load, thus reduced possibility of hardware failures, and extended lifespan of the primary drives, which is one more level of protection for any data that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you sign up for one of our semi-dedicated server plans, we'll hold your content on SSD drives and this is valid not only for the files, but also for all the databases and e-mail messages. Thus, your script-driven apps and webmail will load speedily. We work with dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive website content is cloned automatically on these drives, so we ensure that a few heavy Internet sites which generate a considerable amount of reading and writing processes won't influence the other Internet sites which share the same drive. By reduction of the overall system load we also increase the lifespan of the primary storage drives and lower the probability of a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an additional level of security for your content.