A solid-state drive (SSD) enhances the performance of every app running on it as compared with a classic hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that a solid-state drive uses multiple interconnected flash memory modules, so there are no physical parts to move. In comparison, a hard disk functions with spinning disks and every reading or writing process causes the disks to rotate, which means that the speed of an HDD is limited. Because the prices of the two kinds of drives are different as well, numerous personal computers and web servers are equipped with an SSD for the OS and various applications, and a hard-disk drive for file storage, this way balancing price and overall performance. An Internet hosting provider can also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, which means that files that are used repeatedly will be saved on such a drive for achieving higher loading speeds and for minimizing the reading/writing processes on the hard drives.

SSD with Data Caching in Shared Hosting

The cloud platform where we create shared hosting accounts uses exclusively SSD drives, so your web applications and static websites will load very fast. The SSDs are used for files, email addresses and databases, so no matter if you open a page or check for new messages using webmail, the content will load very quickly. In order to offer even better speeds, we also use numerous dedicated SSDs that function only as cache. All the content that generates a lot of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later read from them and not from the primary storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for better performance. What we achieve that way apart from the improved speed is reduced overall load, thus decreased probability of hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the main drives, which is one more level of security for any information that you upload to your account.