A solid-state drive (SSD) improves the performance of any application running on it as compared with an ordinary hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that an SSD works by using a number of interconnected flash memory modules, so there are no physical parts to move. In comparison, an HDD works by using spinning disks and every reading or writing process causes the disks to move, so the speed of an HDD is limited. Since the cost of the two types of drives also differ, many computer systems and web servers are equipped with an SSD for the operating system and random applications, and an HDD for file storage, in this way balancing cost and effectiveness. A website hosting provider may also use an SSD for caching purposes, thus files which are accessed frequently will be saved on this type of a drive for accomplishing improved loading speeds and for minimizing the reading/writing processes on the hard disks.
SSD with Data Caching in Website Hosting
We use only SSDs on our advanced cloud hosting platform and we have eliminated all HDDs on our production servers in order to offer outstanding loading speeds for every aspect of our services - files, emails and databases. Thus, all the content you upload to your website hosting account will be accessible amazingly quickly. In order to enhance the overall performance of the websites hosted on our end even further, we also use a number of SSDs which work solely as cache - our system saves repeatedly accessed content on them and upgrades it without delay. We use such a setup to ensure that resource-demanding Internet sites will not affect the performance of the other Internet sites hosted on our platform and this way all other Internet sites can also take advantage of the speed that the SSD drives provide. What's more, given that the load on the main drives is decreased, their life-span will be longer, which is one more guarantee for the safety and integrity of your information.
SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you register for one of our semi-dedicated hosting solutions, we'll hold your content on SSD drives and this is valid not only for the files, but also for all databases and e-mails. That way, your script-driven apps and webmail will load amazingly quickly. We use dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive content is duplicated automatically on these drives, so we make sure that a number of heavy Internet sites that generate a lot of reading and writing processes will not affect the other Internet sites which share the exact same drive. By reducing the overall load we also boost the lifespan of the main storage disks and decrease the possibility of a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add one more level of security for your content.