Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches information for faster access. It’s occasionally called a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and a web browser. When a visitor opens a certain page, the content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the server processes this request and delivers the requested info. If Varnish is activated for a specific site, it will cache the pages on the very first request and if the user accesses a cached page once more, the information will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the web server. The accelerated speed is a result of the significantly faster response time that Varnish offers as compared to any server software. Of course, this does not mean that the users will keep seeing the exact same content over and over again, as any update on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform caches in its memory.

Varnish in Web Hosting

We offer Varnish as an optional upgrade with each web hosting and if you’d like to use it, you can add it to your shared website hosting account using the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia Control Panel. There are two different things that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. The first one pertains to the number of the Internet sites that you wish to employ Varnish for, whereas the second, which comes in increments of 32 MB, shows the maximum amount of data that the data caching platform can cache at any given time. Hepsia’s time and effort saving graphical interface will enable you to delete or to reboot any instance, to check in-depth system logs or to erase the platform’s cache with just click of the mouse. For best results, you can use a dedicated IP for the sites that will use the caching platform. With Varnish, your website will load much faster, meaning more satisfied visitors and potential customers.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Varnish is offered as standard with all semi-dedicated hosting that we offer and you can use it for workload balancing purposes. It is available in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The Varnish caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached content storing purposes and you can employ it with any site that you host in your semi-dedicated account. In case you are in need of more than that, you can increase the memory allowance. The memory itself is available in increments of 32 megabytes through the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The very same section will enable you to add more instances as well, if you’d like to use the Varnish platform with more Internet sites. The two things can be added separately – you can cache the content of one single traffic-heavy site or use several Internet sites with the default memory. You can get the most out of the Varnish platform if you’ve got a dedicated IP and you can get one with your semi-dedicated package as well. The Hepsia Control Panel will grant you complete control over the platform and, with no more than one single mouse click, you’ll be able to delete the cached content, to view a log or to restart an instance.

Varnish in VPS Hosting

You can take full advantage of the load balancing capabilities of Varnish with any of our Linux VPS hosting services in case you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel. The Varnish platform is available by default and the amount of system memory that it will be able to utilize to cache your website content is dependent on the specific VPS plan that you’ve chosen, but even with the less powerful packages, you’ll have no less than several hundred megabytes of system memory at your disposal exclusively for content caching purposes. This amount is enough to optimize the overall performance of numerous websites. It will take a little time for you to distinguish the results, as the Varnish platform caches the content that website visitors access, but soon thereafter you will notice the significantly decreased load on the virtual server and the increased site load speed. Varnish will permit you to use a lower-end Virtual Private Server plan for websites which would usually need a more expensive web hosting service.

Varnish in Dedicated Web Hosting

You can employ Varnish in order to enhance the loading speed of any website that’s hosted on a dedicated server with our company if the Hepsia Control Panel is installed on it. Not only will you get the data caching platform ready for use at no additional charge, but you will also have total control over it via the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-use interface. It’ll take only one single click of the mouse to start or delete an instance or to delete the cached content for any website that is using the Varnish platform and in case you’re more competent, you can also check the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with no less than 3 gigabytes of virtual memory for site content caching purposes, so even if you host numerous websites on your machine and they all use the Varnish caching platform, the difference in their performance will be apparent. You will simply need to wait for a little while till Varnish caches whatever webpages the visitors open on their end. The Varnish platform works best if the sites use a dedicated IP, but owing to the fact that our servers come with three free IPs, you will have all that you need.