The Distributed Configuration Files, named as .htaccess, is the most reliable method to redirect webpages or even a website. This is the most secured and fastest redirection in some cases. Please note, this file works only with Apache installed on a Linux Server. Here is complete guide on how to redirect webpages using .htaccess files.
xCache is one of the fast, stable and widely used PHP accelerator and opcode cacher like APC (Alternative PHP Cache) and eAccelerator. It works by caching the compiled bytecodes form PHP scripts to avoid the overhead to parse and compile PHP source code on every page request reducing the server loads and boosts the performance