A solid-state drive is really quicker than any conventional hard disk. This is because a hard-disk drive works by using spinning disks, that can rotate only so fast and the more data is read and written, the sluggish and warmer they get, at the same time an SDD takes advantage of modules of flash memory, so there are no physically moving parts. The access speeds for an SSD are drastically higher, which makes this sort of drives an ideal solution in case speed is needed. Because of this SSDs are in many cases used for the Operating System on a laptop or computer and for storing data which is accessed repeatedly on web servers. A large number of providers also use a combination of the two drives, so they save the data on hard disk drives, but they use a couple of solid-state drives so as to cache the more often used data and due to this fact, the data loads much quicker while the load on the HDDs is decreased since their disks need to spin less frequently to read and write.

SSD with Data Caching in Web Hosting

The cloud platform where we create web hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web applications and static Internet sites will open very quickly. The SSDs are used for files, e-mail addresses and databases, so regardless if you load a page or check for new e-mails through webmail, the content will load immediately. To offer even better speeds, we also use a number of dedicated SSDs which function only as cache. All the content that generates lots of traffic is copied on them automatically and is afterwards read from them and not from the main storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for better performance. What we achieve by doing this in addition to the improved speed is reduced overall load, thus lower potential for hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the primary drives, that 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 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 emails. This way, your script-driven applications and webmail will load amazingly quickly. We use dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive website content is cloned automatically on these drives, so we make certain that a number of heavy sites that generate a large amount of reading and writing processes can't affect the other sites that share the same drive. By reduction of the overall system load we also raise the lifespan of the primary storage drives and decrease the possibility of a disk failure, so by using SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an additional level of protection for your content.