Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches data for the sake of faster access. It’s sometimes called an HTTP reverse proxy as well and it interacts between a web server and its users. When a website visitor loads a particular webpage, the content is requested by the browser, and then the server handles this request and returns the required info. If Varnish is activated for a specific site, it will cache its pages at the very first request and if the user opens a cached page for a second time, the data will be delivered by the accelerator platform and not by the web server. The accelerated load speed is an end result of the significantly faster response speed that the Varnish platform offers as compared with any web server software. Of course, this does not mean that the website visitors will continue being served the exact same content over and over again, because any update on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform caches in its system memory.

Varnish in Shared Hosting

Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with each Linux shared hosting and if you wish to use it, you can add it to your hosting account through the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. There are two different things that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites that you’d like to use Varnish for and the second one, which is offered in increments of 32 MB, shows the maximum amount of content that the platform can store at any particular moment. The Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-use graphical interface will enable you to discontinue or to reboot any instance, to check in-depth system logs or to get rid of the platform’s cache with just a click. For maximum results, you can use a dedicated IP for the websites that will use the caching platform. With Varnish, your site will open substantially faster, which means more satisfied visitors and potential clients.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Varnish is a feature, which is included by default with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we are offering and you can use it for load distribution purposes. It’s available in your Hepsia Control Panel. The Varnish platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached data storing purposes and you can use it with any site that you host in the semi-dedicated account. In case you need more, you can increase the system memory allowance. The memory itself is available in increments of 32 MB in the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The exact same Upgrades section will permit you to enable more instances as well, if you wish to use Varnish with more Internet sites. The two things can be ordered independently – you can cache the content of one single regularly visited website or run several Internet sites with the default memory quota. You can take full advantage of the Varnish caching platform in case you’ve got a dedicated IP address and you can order one with your semi-dedicated package as well. Hepsia will give you total control over the caching platform and, with no more than one single click of the mouse, you will be able to delete the cache, to see a log file or to restart an instance.

Varnish in VPS

We offer Varnish with all Hepsia-equipped Linux VPS, so if you acquire a server with this web hosting Control Panel, you will be able to use the content caching platform at no additional fee. Varnish can utilize different amounts of memory for caching purposes depending on the specific VPS plan that you have chosen during the subscription process, but at any rate, this amount won’t be less than several hundred MB. This is quite enough to boost the performance of several different busy websites, so the faster site loading speeds and the reduced load on the virtual machine will be perceivable. The effect may not be apparent immediately, as the Varnish platform will need a certain amount of time to cache the site content that users open, but shortly after you set it up, you will perceive its full potential. This platform will allow you to use a lower-end Virtual Private Server and to give less money to get the exact same performance you’d get with a more powerful virtual machine without Varnish.

Varnish in Dedicated Hosting

All Linux dedicated hosting which are ordered with the custom-built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel come with Varnish, which is one of the pre-installed software platforms that you’ll get with the server. The Varnish caching platform can be configured and administered without efforts via the Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-navigate GUI and, with no more than one click, you can check an in-depth log, create or restart an instance, delete the cached data associated with any Internet site and much more. Soon after you enable the Varnish platform for a certain domain or subdomain, it will begin caching the pages opened by your visitors and as soon as it has cached enough web content, you’ll witness a significantly better site performance as well as a reduced load on the server. With Varnish-dedicated system memory starting at 3 GB, you’ll be able to use the software platform for load distribution purposes even if you host lots of websites on your machine.