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PHP 8.2, MariaDB, and Memcached - Drupal 9 and 10 on fast UK infrastructure
PHP 8.2, MariaDB, and Memcached - Drupal 9 and 10 on fast UK infrastructure
About This Feature
Drupal Hosting in the UK from Glitch Servers provides fast UK web hosting on SSD storage with one-click app installs - backed by AMD Ryzen hardware, NVMe Gen4 storage, and UK-native routing through AS212868. Drupal 9 and 10 perform best with PHP 8.1+, a MySQL/MariaDB database on fast storage, and a caching layer like Memcached or Redis for anonymous page caching. Our UK shared hosting and VPS plans provide all three. For small to medium Drupal sites, our Enhance Panel shared hosting with NVMe SSD and LiteSpeed delivers the performance most sites need at the lowest cost. For enterprise Drupal deployments - high-traffic government, media, or e-commerce sites - our VPS plans provide dedicated CPU and RAM with full control over the Drupal stack configuration.
Web hosting performance depends on storage speed, PHP execution time, and network latency to the end user. Glitch Servers uses NVMe SSD storage across all web hosting plans, eliminating the I/O wait that affects sites on traditional SATA SSD or spinning-disk shared hosting. LiteSpeed Web Server with its built-in page cache reduces Time to First Byte on WordPress and other CMS-based sites compared to Apache or Nginx configurations without caching.
The hosting infrastructure connects through AS212868 with LINX and LONAP peering, keeping UK visitors on domestic ISP paths rather than routing through Continental European data centres. Free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates auto-provision and renew, and one-click installs via the one-click installer cover WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and 400+ other applications.
Daily automated backups with point-in-time restore protect site data. UK data residency is maintained by design, supporting GDPR compliance for businesses handling UK customer data. Full web hosting plan details and pricing are on the UK web hosting page.
Key Benefits
Every plan includes these capabilities as standard - no tier-gating, no hidden extras.
Drupal 10 runs optimally on PHP 8.2 with OPcache enabled. Selectable per domain - no server-wide PHP version restriction.
MariaDB 10.11 LTS with NVMe storage handles Drupal's content queries efficiently. phpMyAdmin included for database management.
Drupal's caching API integrates with Memcached and Redis for anonymous page caching. Available on VPS plans via root access.
SSH access and Composer 2 available on all plans - the standard Drupal 10 installation method works without workarounds.
Technical Specifications
Real specs on real hardware - not marketing numbers.
PHP: 7.4 through 8.3, selectable per domain
Database: MariaDB 10.11 LTS (NVMe-backed)
Caching: Memcached and Redis available on VPS plans
Use Cases
This feature is particularly well suited to these workloads and teams.
Public sector organisations building GDS-compliant Drupal sites that require UK data residency, accessibility compliance hosting, and the ability to meet PSN/Cyber Essentials requirements.
News organisations, magazine platforms, and content-heavy publishers using Drupal's editorial workflow and taxonomy systems - sites that need dedicated resources for high concurrent readership.
Development teams managing Drupal builds who need Drush CLI access, Composer dependency management, custom PHP configuration, and staging environments on dedicated infrastructure.
FAQ
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PHP 8.2, MariaDB, NVMe SSD. Drupal 9 and 10 supported.
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