Jul 17, 2020

Server-side Caching Now Available

Following up on our recent introduction of PHP-FPM with OPcache, we are happy to announce the addition of a brand new feature designed to further improve website speed and performance - Server-side Caching.

As of today, both PHP-FPM and Server-side Caching are available at no extra costto all hosting accounts and all VPS solutions in all data centers.

You can find the PHP-FPM release announcement at:

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Jul 17, 2020

PHP-FPM with OPcache Now Availablе in the US Data Center

Today we completed the third and final stage of the phased rollout of our new PHP execution model. PHP-FPM, combined with the OPcache caching system, is now available at no extra cost to all accounts in the US data center.

Every new hosting account created in the US data center from now on will have PHP-FPM with OPcache enabled by default. ICDSoft customers can easily configure their...

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Jul 10, 2020

PHP-FPM with OPcache Now Availablе in the Hong Kong Data Center

Today we completed the second stage of the phased rollout of our new PHP execution model. PHP FastCGI Process Manager (PHP-FPM) and the OPcache caching system are now available to all accounts in the Hong Kong data center at no extra cost.

All new accounts created in the Hong Kong data center from now on will have PHP-FPM with OPcache enabled by default. Customers can easily switch th...

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Jul 8, 2020

А New, Faster PHP Execution Model Now Availablе

Today, we are starting a phased rollout of a major change in our hosting infrastructure designed to speed up web content delivery.

On top of our new hardware platform, based on the latest Intel Xeon processors and Linux KVM virtualization, we are introducing PHP FastCGI Process Manager (PHP-FPM) paired with OPcache.

PHP-FPM speeds up PHP-based websites by maintaining pools of PHP worker processes that can handle incoming requests. This optimization technique not only signi...

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Jun 24, 2020

PHP 7.4 is Now Available on All ICDSoft Servers

We have added PHP 7.4 to the long list of PHP versions we support on our servers. You can find more information about the new features this PHP version brings, as well as the deprecated features and backward incompatible changes, in the official guide for migrating from PHP 7.3.x to PHP 7.4.x at:

https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration74.php

As with every new PHP version, PHP 7.4 brings performance...

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