A solid-state drive (SSD) enhances the performance of any application running on it compared to an ordinary hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that an SSD works by using a variety of interconnected flash memory modules, so there are no physical parts to move. In contrast, a hard-disk drive works by using spinning disks and every reading or writing process causes the disks to move, which means that the speed of an HDD is fixed. Since the prices of the two kinds of drives also differ, lots of personal computers and web servers are set up with an SSD for the operating system and random applications, and a hard disk for file storage, thus balancing cost and overall performance. An Internet hosting service provider may also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, thus files which are accessed regularly will be saved on such a drive for accomplishing improved loading speeds and for reducing the reading/writing processes on the hard drives.

SSD with Data Caching in Cloud Hosting

We use exclusively SSDs on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform and we have removed all HDDs on the production servers as to provide outstanding loading speeds for all aspects of our services - files, e-mails and databases. That way, all the content that you upload to your cloud hosting account will be reachable very fast. In order to enhance the overall performance of the websites hosted on our end even more, we also use multiple SSDs that function exclusively as cache - our system stores regularly accessed content on them and upgrades it without delay. We take advantage of such a setup to make sure that resource-demanding Internet sites don't affect the performance of the other Internet sites hosted on our platform and that way all other sites can also take full advantage of the speed that the SSD drives provide. Furthermore, due to the fact that the load on the main drives is reduced, their life-span will be longer, which is one more warranty for the safety and stability of your info.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you register for one of our semi-dedicated server solutions, 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 amazingly quickly. We use dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive content is copied automatically on these drives, so we ensure that a few heavy websites which generate plenty of reading and writing processes won't affect the other websites which share the very same drive. By reducing the overall system load we also raise the lifespan of the primary storage disks and lower the chance of a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add one more level of security for your content.