A solid-state drive (SSD) is a media that uses flash modules to store data. The SSDs remain fairly new and more pricey than the classic hard disk drives (HDD), but they're considerably faster, so they are frequently employed for Operating Systems and apps on both PCs and web servers. An SSD is preferred as it does not have spinning disks that restrict its speed and may cause overheating like it may happen with an HDD. A large number of companies use SSDs for caching purposes, so all of the content that is accessed more often will be kept on such drives, while all other content will be kept on conventional HDDs. The main reason to use this kind of a configuration is to balance the price and performance of their hosting platform and to minimize the load on the HDDs resulting from intense reading and writing processes.
SSD with Data Caching in Shared Web Hosting
The cloud platform where we create shared web hosting accounts uses only SSD drives, so your web applications and static sites will load very quickly. The SSDs are used for files, e-mails and databases, so no matter if you open a page or check for new e-mail messages with webmail, the content will load right away. In order to ensure even better speeds, we also use a group of dedicated SSDs that function only as cache. All of the content which 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 performance. What we achieve that way except for the better speed is reduced overall load, thus lower probability of hardware failures, and longer lifespan of the primary drives, that is one more level of protection for any info that you upload to your account.
SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you register for one of our semi-dedicated server plans, we will store your content on SSD drives and this is valid not just for the files, but also for all databases and emails. That way, your script-driven apps and webmail will load very quickly. We work with dedicated SSDs for caching as well. Traffic-intensive content is duplicated automatically on these drives, so we make sure that a couple of heavy websites that generate a lot of reading and writing processes won't impact the other websites that share the exact same drive. By reducing the overall load we also increase the lifespan of the main storage disks and lower the potential for a disk failure, so by employing SSD drives for caching purposes, we add one more level of protection for your site content.