A solid-state drive (SSD) boosts the performance of any application running on it as compared with a regular hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that an SSD works by using multiple interconnected flash memory units, so there are no physical parts to move. In contrast, a hard disk employs spinning disks and any reading or writing process causes the disks to spin, meaning the speed of an HDD is restricted. Because the cost of the two types of drives are different as well, a large number of desktops and web servers are set up with an SSD for the operating system and random applications, and a hard-disk drive for data storage, this way balancing price and overall performance. An Internet hosting provider could also use a solid-state drive for caching purposes, so files that are accessed very often will be kept on such a drive for accomplishing higher loading speeds and for limiting the reading/writing processes on the hard drives.
SSD with Data Caching in Cloud Hosting
The cloud platform where we make cloud hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web apps and static websites will open extremely fast. The SSDs are used for files, e-mails and databases, so regardless of whether you load a page or check for new e-mail messages through webmail, the content will load very quickly. So as to ensure even greater speeds, we also use a number of dedicated SSDs that work 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 main storage drives. Needless to say, that content is replaced dynamically for better efficiency. What we achieve this way in addition to the better speed is reduced overall load, thus reduced probability of hardware failures, and prolonged lifespan of the main drives, which is one more level of protection for any information that you upload to your account.
SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you sign up for one of our semi-dedicated server plans, we will keep your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all databases and emails. Thus, your script-driven apps and webmail will load very fast. We work with dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive content is copied automatically on these drives, so we make sure that several heavy Internet sites that generate a large amount of reading and writing processes won't affect the other Internet sites which share the very same drive. By reducing the overall load we also boost the lifespan of the primary storage drives and reduce the possibility of a disk failure, so by using SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an additional level of stability for your website content.