Varnish is a website accelerator platform, which caches content for faster response times. It’s occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy as well and it works between a web server and its users. When a visitor loads a given webpage, its content is requested by the browser, and then the web server handles this request and sends back the required info. If Varnish is activated for a particular website, it will cache the pages on the first request and in case the visitor opens a cached page again, the content will be delivered by the accelerator platform instead of the web server. The accelerated load speed is an end result of the considerably faster response speed that the Varnish platform offers compared to any server software. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the site visitors will continue being served the exact same content over and over again, as any change on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform caches in its system memory.

Varnish in Cloud Hosting

You can unlock Varnish’s full potential and improve your sites’ speed regardless of the cloud hosting plan that you’ve picked and you can activate and set up the content caching platform with a few mouse clicks through the simple-to-use graphical interface offered by our next-generation Hepsia Control Panel. In the meantime, you’ll be able to select two different things – how many Internet sites will employ Varnish, i.e. the number of instances, and how much data will be cached, in other words – the amount of memory. The latter comes in increments of 32 megabytes and is not linked to the number of instances, so you can order more instances and less memory and the other way around. If you’ve got plenty of content on a specific website and you gain plenty of website visitors, more memory will give you better results. You may also consider employing a dedicated IP address for the websites that will use the Varnish platform. The Hepsia Control Panel will provide you with easy one-click controls for discontinuing or restarting any instance, for clearing the cache associated with each Internet site and for checking elaborate system logs.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages that we’re offering will permit you to employ Varnish as soon as your brand-new account has been activated, as the platform is available by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the second your account is activated, so you can make use of this workload distribution software as soon as your site has been published on the Internet. If you are in need of more system memory, you can order 32 MB at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated server straight away. You can also increase the number of the Internet sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not linked directly to the amount of memory that you use, which suggests that you’ll have more versatility. The caching platform will substantially decrease the load on the machine caused by your websites, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-opening web pages. You will be able to manage Varnish with no effort through your Hepsia Control Panel using fast-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/cancel any of the instances that you have, to clear the cached content associated with any of your Internet sites or to view system log files.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

The Varnish caching platform comes by default with all Linux VPS web hosting packages that we are offering on the condition that the virtual server is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you can improve the work of your sites with only a few clicks. The more powerful the plan, the more system memory will be available to Varnish, but even with a less powerful plan, the platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you run several websites, you’ll notice a serious reduction in the overall server load and a significantly faster page loading speed. The Varnish caching platform will have to work for a while while the users browse the website and once the site content has been cached, you will see the results. One of the advantages of employing Varnish is that a less powerful and less pricey package will accomplish the very same job as a more high-priced one without the platform, so not only will your websites work substantially better, but you will also save a certain amount of money.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

All Linux dedicated servers hosting packages that are ordered with the tailor-made Hepsia hosting Control Panel feature Varnish, which is one of the pre-installed platforms that you will get with the dedicated server. The Varnish platform can be set up and administered with ease via the Hepsia Control Panel’s user-friendly graphical interface and, with no more than one mouse click, you can see a comprehensive log, create or reboot an instance, delete the cache associated with any Internet site and much more. Soon after you activate the Varnish platform for a specific domain or subdomain, it will start caching the pages loaded by your visitors and as soon as it has cached enough web content, you will perceive a significantly faster website performance and a lowered load. With Varnish-dedicated system memory starting at 3 GB, you will be able to use the software platform for load balancing purposes even if you run a large number of websites on the machine.