Varnish is a website accelerator platform, which caches data for faster access. It is sometimes called an HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and a web browser. When a site visitor loads a particular page, the content is requested by the web browser, and then the server processes this browser request and delivers the necessary content. If Varnish is activated for a site, it will cache the pages on the very first visit and if the user visits a cached page again, the data will be delivered by the accelerator platform instead of the web server. The improved load speed is a result of the significantly faster response time that Varnish offers compared to any web server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the visitors will continue being served the exact same content over and over again, because any modification on any of the pages is reflected in the content that Varnish saves in its memory.

Varnish in Website Hosting

We offer Varnish as an optional upgrade with each and every website hosting and if you would like to use it, you can add it to your shared hosting account using the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. There are two separate features that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. The first one pertains to the number of the websites that you’d like to employ Varnish for, whereas the second, which comes in increments of 32 megabytes, displays the maximum amount of content that the platform can store at any particular time. Hepsia’s easy-to-work-with graphical interface will permit you to stop or to restart any instance, to see exhaustive logs or to erase the platform’s cache with just one mouse click. For maximum results, you can employ a dedicated IP address for the sites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your site will load much faster, which means more pleased visitors and prospective customers.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our Linux semi-dedicated servers come with Varnish by default, so you can take full advantage of the web accelerator and improve the load speed of any website that you host on our platform. You will get 64 megabytes of system memory particularly for Varnish at no extra charge and you’ll be able to create an instance with no more than a few clicks of the mouse via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with the semi-dedicated packages. If you need more memory, the latter is available in increments of 32 megabytes through the Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be at your disposal straight away. You can also order more instances as a separate upgrade, so you can decide whether a lot of content will be cached for one site or if the available memory will be utilized by several Internet sites. The Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to restart or to remove any instance, to check the system log for it or to clear the cached files using 1-click buttons. To take full advantage of the Varnish accelerator, you can allocate a dedicated IP to the websites that will employ it.

Varnish in VPS Servers

You can use the load balancing capabilities of Varnish with all our Linux VPS hosting service when you choose Hepsia as your Control Panel. The Varnish data caching platform comes by default and the amount of system memory that it will be able to utilize to cache the content of your sites is dependent on the given VPS plan that you’ve picked, but even with the lower-end packages, you’ll have at least several hundred megabytes of system memory at your disposal solely for content caching purposes. This amount is sufficient to optimize the performance of multiple Internet sites. It will take a little time for you to see the effects, since the Varnish platform caches the content that visitors open, but shortly thereafter you’ll notice the significantly lowered load on your VPS server and the enhanced Internet site browsing speed. The Varnish platform will permit you to use a lower-end package for websites which would typically need a more costly web hosting solution.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

If you need the most powerful website hosting solution and you obtain any of the dedicated servers that we offer, you’ll be able to use Varnish to improve the overall performance of your websites at no extra cost as long as the server is ordered with our cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Its user-friendly GUI will permit you to keep an eye on platform processes, to delete the cached contents or to restart any instance with a click. The minimal amount of system memory that the caching platform can use to cache website content is 3 gigabytes, which is more than enough for a large number of traffic-intensive sites, so your server will be able to cope with an immense system load while your site visitors are having a smooth web browsing experience. As your dedicated machine will include several different dedicated IP addresses, you’ll be able to use Varnish’s full capacity.