Varnish is a web application accelerator platform, which caches information for quicker response times. It is sometimes referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and a web browser. When a site visitor opens a given page, its content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the server processes this request and returns the required information. If Varnish is activated for a given site, it will cache the pages at the first visit and if the user accesses a cached page for a second time, the content will be delivered by the accelerator platform and not by the server. The improved loading speed is a result of the considerably faster response time that Varnish offers compared to any web server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the site visitors will continue being served the exact same content again and again, as any update on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform stores in its system memory.

Varnish in Cloud Hosting

Varnish comes as an optional upgrade with each cloud hosting and if you’d like to use it, you can add it to your shared web hosting account via the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia Control Panel. There’re two different things that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the websites that you want to use Varnish for, whereas the second, which is offered in increments of 32 MB, displays the maximum amount of data that the data caching platform can cache at any particular time. Hepsia’s user-friendly interface will enable you to shut down or to restart any instance, to see comprehensive logs or to delete the platform’s cache with just click of the mouse. For optimal results, you can employ a dedicated IP for the websites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your Internet site will load tremendously faster, meaning more satisfied site users and potential customers.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The semi-dedicated packages that we’re offering will allow you to use Varnish once your brand new semi-dedicated server account has been set up, as the caching platform comes by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the second your account is activated, so you can take advantage of this workload balancing software once your site has been published online. If you need more system memory, you can get 32 megabytes at a time from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated server momentarily. You can also increase the number of the sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not bound directly to the amount of system memory that you use, which goes to say that you’ll enjoy more versatility. The Varnish caching platform will seriously lower the load on the semi-dedicated machine generated by your websites, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You will be able to manage the Varnish platform with no effort through the Hepsia Control Panel using fast-access controls. You will be able to start/stop any of the instances that you have, to delete the cached data associated with any of your sites or to see system log files.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

You can take advantage of Varnish with all our virtual private server packages at no extra charge, as the content caching platform is pre-installed and is included by default. The only condition is that the VPS server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you’ll be able to set up Varnish for any of your websites with only a few clicks. Each package offers a different amount of memory for data caching purposes, but you’ll get minimum several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient enough even for multiple traffic-intensive websites. Soon after you enable Varnish, it’ll begin caching the content that your website visitors request, so you will notice the considerably better web page loading times and the decreased load on the virtual server very soon. The caching platform will permit you to use a less expensive virtual machine, since you will not require that many resources to guarantee the uninterrupted operation of your websites even if you have larger Internet sites with many visitors. Optimal results are accomplished if the sites which use Varnish also use a dedicated IP.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

If you want the most powerful hosting solution and you get one of the Linux dedicated servers hosting packages that we offer, you’ll be able to use Varnish to boost the overall performance of your websites at no additional fee as long as the server is ordered with our cutting-edge Hepsia Control Panel. Its user-friendly interface will allow you to keep track of system processes, to clear the cached contents or to restart any instance with one single mouse click. The minimal amount of memory that Varnish can use to cache Internet site content is 3 gigabytes, which is more than enough for a vast number of resource-consuming websites, so your dedicated server will be able to deal with an immense load while your visitors are enjoying a smooth web browsing experience. Since your dedicated machine will include several dedicated IP addresses, you’ll be able to use Varnish’s full potential.