Varnish is a website accelerator platform, which caches information for faster response times. It is occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and an Internet browser. When a website visitor accesses a specific web page, the content is requested by the web browser, and then the server handles this browser request and delivers the needed information. If Varnish is activated for a particular website, it will cache the pages on the very first visit and in case the visitor visits a cached page for a second time, the info will be delivered by the accelerator platform instead of the web server. The accelerated load speed is an end result of the significantly faster response time that Varnish offers as compared to any web server software. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the visitors will continue being served 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 stores in its memory.

Varnish in Web Hosting

Varnish comes as an optional upgrade with each Linux web hosting plan and if you want to use it, you can add it to your shared web hosting account through the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia Control Panel. There are two separate features that can be upgraded – the instances and the memory. The first one pertains to the number of the websites that you would like to use Varnish for and the second one, which is available in increments of 32 MB, refers to the maximum amount of data that the platform can cache at any given time. The Hepsia Control Panel’s user-friendly graphical interface will permit you to discontinue or to restart any instance, to check detailed system logs or to erase the platform’s cache with just one click. For optimal results, you can employ a dedicated IP address for the websites that will use the caching platform. With Varnish, your website will load much faster, meaning more satisfied site users and potential customers.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

Varnish comes by default with all semi-dedicated plans offered by our company and you can use it for load distribution purposes. It is available in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached content storing purposes and you can employ it with any website that you host in the semi-dedicated server account. In case you need more than that, you can increase the memory allocation. The memory itself is offered in increments of 32 megabytes in the Upgrades section of the Control Panel. The same Upgrades section will enable you to enable more instances too, in case you wish to use the Varnish caching platform with more websites. The two upgrades can be added separately – you can cache the content of one resource-demanding site or use a number of Internet sites with the default memory allowance. You can get the most out of the Varnish platform in case you’ve got a dedicated IP address and you can order one with your semi-dedicated package as well. Hepsia will grant you complete control over the caching platform and, with no more than one single click of the mouse, you will be able to clear the cached files, to see a log or to reboot an instance.

Varnish in VPS Servers

The Varnish content caching platform comes by default with each of the Linux VPS servers that we’re offering as long as the machine is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you can optimize the performance of your websites with only a few mouse clicks. The more powerful the package, the more system memory will be available to Varnish, but even with a less powerful package, the caching platform will be able to utilize several hundred MB, so even if you run several websites, you’ll notice a great reduction in the server load and a substantially faster webpage load speed. The platform will need to work for a little while as the users browse the website and as soon as the site content has been cached, you will notice the results. One of the pros of using Varnish is that a less powerful and less costly VPS plan will accomplish the exact same job as a more pricey one without the caching platform, so not only will your Internet sites perform better, but you will also spare a certain amount of cash.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

You can employ Varnish in order to increase the load speed of any site that’s hosted on a dedicated server with us if the Hepsia Control Panel is installed on the machine. Not only will you get the content caching platform ready to be used at no extra cost, but you will also have complete control over it via Hepsia’s easy-to-navigate graphical interface. It will take just one click of the mouse to start or cancel an instance or to delete the cached files associated with any site that’s using the Varnish platform and if you are more proficient, you can also view the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with no less than 3 gigabytes of virtual memory for site content caching purposes, so even in case you run an enormous number of sites on your dedicated server and they all use the caching platform, the difference in their overall performance will be apparent. You’ll just have to wait for a while until Varnish caches whatever content the website visitors access on their end. The Varnish platform performs best if the websites use a dedicated IP address, but owing to the fact that our servers come with 3 cost-free IPs, you’ll have all that you need.