Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches data for the sake of faster response times. It’s occasionally referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and it works between a web server and its users. When a visitor accesses a specific webpage, the content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the server processes this browser request and delivers the requested content. If Varnish is enabled for a specific website, it will cache its pages on the first request and in case the visitor accesses a cached page once again, the info will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the server. The accelerated speed is a result of the significantly faster response speed that Varnish offers as compared to any web server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the users will continue seeing the very same content again and again, as any update on any of the web pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform saves in its system memory.

Varnish in Hosting

You can take advantage of Varnish’s full potential and accelerate the load speed of your websites regardless of the hosting plan that you’ve selected and you can activate and set up the content caching platform with a few clicks of the mouse via the intuitive graphical interface offered by our next-generation Hepsia Control Panel. During the process, you will be able to choose two separate things – how many Internet sites will employ the Varnish caching platform, in other words – the number of instances, and how much info will be cached, in other words – the amount of system memory. The latter is available in increments of 32 megabytes and is not linked to the number of instances, so you can add more instances and less memory and the other way around. If you’ve got plenty of content on a specific site and you get numerous site visitors, more memory will give you better results. You may also consider employing a dedicated IP for the websites that will use the Varnish platform. The Hepsia Control Panel will provide you with easy one-click buttons for deleting or restarting any instance, for clearing the cache for each site and for viewing exhaustive logs.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

Varnish is offered as standard with all Linux semi-dedicated servers that we offer and you can use it for load distribution purposes. It is available in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The Varnish caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached data storing purposes and you can employ it with any site that you host in your account. In case you are in need of more than that, you can increase the system memory quota. The memory itself is available in increments of 32 megabytes through the Upgrades section of the Control Panel. The exact same Upgrades section will enable you to activate more instances too, if you’d like to use Varnish with more websites. The two upgrades can be added separately – you can cache the content of one single traffic-heavy website or run several different sites with the default memory allowance. You can take full advantage of the Varnish caching platform in case you have a dedicated IP address and you can order one with your semi-dedicated server package as well. Hepsia will grant you complete control over the platform and, with no more than one single click of the mouse, you’ll be able to clear the cached files, to view a system log or to restart an instance.

Varnish in VPS Servers

You can use the load balancing capabilities of Varnish with any of our VPS servers in case you select Hepsia as your web hosting Control Panel. The Varnish caching platform is offered by default and the system memory that it’ll be able to use to cache your site content depends upon the given package that you have chosen, but even with the lower-end packages, you’ll have no less than several hundred megabytes of memory at your disposal solely for caching purposes. This amount is sufficient to enhance the overall performance of multiple sites. It will take a little time for you to notice the results, as Varnish caches the content that website visitors open, but soon after that you’ll notice the significantly lowered load on the virtual server and the increased website loading speed. The Varnish caching platform will permit you to use a lower-end Virtual Private Server package for Internet sites which would normally need a more costly hosting solution.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

If you need a more powerful hosting solution and you acquire any of the Linux dedicated web hosting plans offered by our company, you’ll be able to use the Varnish caching platform to boost the work of your websites at no additional fee on the condition that the dedicated machine is ordered with our next-generation Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Its intuitive graphical interface will permit you to keep track of system processes, to delete the cached files or to restart any instance with one mouse click. The minimum amount of system memory that the Varnish caching platform can use to cache site content is 3 gigabytes, which is more than enough for an enormous collection of busy websites, so your dedicated server will be able to handle a huge system load while your site visitors are having a smooth browsing experience. Since your server will include several dedicated IPs, you’ll be able to make use of Varnish’s full potential.