Varnish is a website accelerator, which has been gaining a lot of popularity in recent years, because it can increase the speed of any website, sometimes even by 100%, based on the content itself. This tool is sometimes referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and is used to reduce the overall load on the server and to accelerate the access speed for the site visitors. Whenever a visitor accesses a page on a given website, the web browser request is handled by the web server and the requested data is returned as a reply. If the Varnish accelerator is enabled, it caches the pages that the website visitor opens and if any of them is loaded once again, it is served by Varnish and not by the web server directly. The performance improvement comes from the fact that the accelerator processes the web requests substantially faster than any web server, which results in much faster browsing speeds for the users. In case any data is modified in the meantime, the cached webpages will also be updated the next time someone opens them.

Varnish in Shared Web Hosting

Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with each shared web hosting and if you would like to use it, you can add it to your account via the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia Control Panel. There are two different features that can be upgraded – the instances and the system memory. The first one depends on the number of the Internet sites that you would like to use Varnish for, whereas the second, which is offered in increments of 32 MB, shows the maximum amount of data that the platform can cache at any particular moment. Hepsia’s time and effort saving GUI will enable you to delete or to restart any instance, to check detailed system logs or to delete the platform’s cache with just a click. For maximum results, you can use a dedicated IP address for the websites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your site will load tremendously faster, which means more satisfied visitors and prospective clients.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Varnish is included by default with all Linux semi-dedicated packages that we’re offering and you can use it for load distribution purposes. It is available in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The content caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached data storing purposes and you can use it with any Internet site that you host in the semi-dedicated server account. If you’re in need of more, you can increase the memory quota. The memory itself is offered in increments of 32 MB in the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The very same Upgrades section will allow you to enable more instances too, in case you’d like to use the Varnish platform with multiple websites. The two things can be added separately – you can cache the content of one single traffic-heavy website or run several sites with the default memory allowance. You can get the most out of Varnish in case you use a dedicated IP address and you can order one with your semi-dedicated package as well. Hepsia will grant you total control over the platform and, with no more than one single mouse click, you’ll be able to clear the cached files, to see a system log file or to reboot an instance.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

You can use Varnish with all our virtual private server plans at no additional cost, since the content caching platform is pre-installed and is included by default. The one and only requirement is that the Virtual Private Server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, through which you will be able to set up Varnish for any of your sites with just a few clicks. Each plan includes a different amount of system memory for content caching purposes, but you will get no less than several hundred MB, which is quite enough even for several large-scale sites. Soon after you enable the Varnish platform, it will start caching the content that your website visitors access, so you’ll notice the tremendously faster web page load times and the lowered server load very soon. The caching platform will allow you to use a less high-priced VPS, since you won’t need that much power to guarantee the correct operation of your sites even if you manage resource-consuming sites with a lot of visitors. Best results are accomplished if the sites which use the Varnish caching platform use also a dedicated IP address.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

All dedicated servers hosting that are ordered with the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel include Varnish, which is among the pre-installed platforms that you will get with the machine. The Varnish content caching platform can be activated and administered with ease from the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-use graphical interface and, with no more than a click, you can see an in-depth system log, create or reboot an instance, clear the cache associated with any Internet site and much more. Shortly after you set up the Varnish platform for a certain domain or sub-domain, it will begin caching the web pages loaded by the website visitors and as soon as it has cached enough web content, you will witness a considerably better website performance in addition to a decreased load on the server. With Varnish-dedicated memory starting at 3 gigabytes, you will be able to use the software platform for load distribution purposes even if you host a large number of websites on the server.