A solid-state drive (SSD) boosts the performance of every app running on it in comparison to a classic hard-disk drive (HDD). The reason is that a solid-state drive functions with a number of interconnected flash memory units, so there're no physical parts to move. In contrast, an HDD functions with spinning disks and any reading or writing process causes the disks to move, so the speed of an HDD is restricted. Since the prices of the two kinds of drives are different as well, lots of computer systems and web servers are equipped with an SSD for the operating system and various applications, and an HDD for file storage, thus balancing cost and overall performance. An Internet hosting service provider could also use an SSD for caching purposes, which means that files that are used repeatedly will be saved on such a drive for achieving improved loading speeds and for reducing the reading/writing processes on the HDDs.
SSD with Data Caching in Shared Hosting
Our modern cloud hosting platform uses exclusively SSD drives, so in case you get any of our shared hosting packages, you will benefit from the speed that these drives provide. We no longer use hard disk drives, so your files, databases and emails will all open from fast SSDs. For even improved performance, we use caching SSDs. Multiple drives are used by our system for each file which is accessed more regularly and the data on these drives is dynamically refreshed to make sure that all the traffic-intensive files load from them. In this way, the load on the primary drives is decreased, so we can provide fantastic performance for all kinds of Internet sites irrespective of how many times they are accessed and prevent a situation where some websites are affected by an excessive number of reading and writing processes created by others. This setup also increases the lifespan of the main drives and reduces the possibility of disk failure.
SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you register for one of our semi-dedicated server solutions, we will hold your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all databases and email messages. This way, your script-driven applications and webmail will load very quickly. We use dedicated SSDs for caching too. Traffic-intensive content is duplicated automatically on these drives, so we ensure that a couple of heavy sites that generate plenty of reading and writing processes shall not influence the other sites which share the exact same drive. By reducing the overall load we also increase the lifespan of the main storage disks and reduce the probability of a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add an extra level of security for your website content.