A solid-state drive (SSD) enhances the performance of each app running on it in comparison to a classic hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that a solid-state drive employs a number of interconnected flash memory units, so there're no physical parts to move. In comparison, an HDD uses spinning disks and each reading or writing process causes the disks to move, so the speed of an HDD is fixed. Because the cost of the two kinds of drives are also different, many personal computers and web servers are equipped with an SSD for the OS and random applications, and an HDD for file storage, in this way balancing cost and efficiency. An Internet hosting provider may also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, which means that files which are used frequently will be saved on this type of a drive for reaching improved loading speeds and for reducing the reading/writing processes on the hard drives.

SSD with Data Caching in Cloud Hosting

The cloud platform where we create cloud hosting accounts uses solely SSD drives, so your web applications and static sites will load very fast. The SSDs are used for files, e-mails and databases, so no matter if you load a page or check for new messages through webmail, the content will load very quickly. To ensure even higher speeds, we also use numerous dedicated SSDs which function only as cache. All content that generates a lot of traffic is copied on them automatically and is later read from them and not from the main storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for much better performance. What we achieve this way apart from the better speed is decreased overall load, thus decreased potential for hardware failures, and longer lifespan of the main drives, which is one more level of security for any info that you upload to your account.

SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you sign up for one of our semi-dedicated server solutions, we'll store your content on SSD drives and this is valid not only for the files, but also for all databases and email messages. This way, your script-driven apps and webmail will load amazingly quickly. We use dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive site content is cloned automatically on these drives, so we make sure that a couple of heavy Internet sites which generate a considerable amount of reading and writing processes will not affect the other sites that share the exact same drive. By reducing the overall load we also increase the lifespan of the primary storage disks and reduce the probability of a disk failure, so by using SSD drives for caching purposes, we add one more level of security for your site content.