Varnish is a web application accelerator tool, which has been gaining a lot in popularity in recent years, as it can increase the load speed of any Internet site, at times even by 100%, depending on the content. This tool is sometimes called a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and is used to reduce the overall server load and to boost the access speed for the site visitors. Every time a visitor opens a page on a certain Internet site, the browser request is taken care of by the web server and the requested info is returned as a response. If Varnish is activated, it caches the pages that the website visitor opens and if any of them is opened again, it’s served by Varnish and not by the web server directly. The improvement in the overall performance is due to the fact that the accelerator processes the browser requests significantly quicker than any web server, which results in much faster browsing speeds for the visitors. If any content is changed in the meantime, the cached web pages will also be ‘refreshed’ the next time somebody accesses them.

Varnish in Cloud Website Hosting

Varnish comes as an optional upgrade with each of our cloud website hosting plans. You can add it to your web hosting account from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is offered with all shared hosting plans and you’ll get a truly intuitive graphical interface, which will give you full control over the data caching platform. Using 1-click fast-access buttons, you can reboot or remove any of the instances, in other words – Varnish will no longer be enabled for a certain website. You can also view a detailed system log or clear the cache for any of the sites. When you add Varnish to your hosting plan, you will be able to choose the total amount of system memory that will be available to you for content caching purposes and how many websites will use Varnish. You can always add more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for optimal performance, you can assign a dedicated IP to the sites that will use Varnish. This will permit you to take full advantage of your sites and to have plenty of pleased website users.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Varnish platform is an essential part of the standard set of services that you will get in case you decide to host your sites under a semi-dedicated server account. You can set it up for any of your websites via our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The default memory that the Varnish platform can use to cache data is 64 megabytes, but in case you decide that you need more, you can upgrade this amount from the Upgrades section of the Control Panel. You can also upgrade the Varnish instances, in other words – the number of the Internet sites that can use this caching platform at the same time. Since these two things aren’t tied to each other, you can use a few instances with the default memory or you can order more memory in increments of 32 megabytes and use all of it for a single web site. The Varnish platform performs best if you use a dedicated IP for the websites that utilize its power. Hepsia will provide you with an easy means of restarting any instance. What’s more, you’ll be able to clear the cached data with only one mouse click.

Varnish in VPS Servers

Varnish comes by default with each of the VPS hosting plans that we’re offering as long as the VPS is ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you can boost the work of your sites with only a few mouse clicks. The more powerful the package, the more system memory will be available to Varnish, but even with a low-end package, the platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you have several different Internet sites, you’ll notice an immense reduction in the server load and a tremendously better webpage loading speed. The Varnish caching platform will have to work for a while as the visitors navigate the web pages and once the site content has been cached, you will observe the effects. One of the benefits of using Varnish is that a less powerful and less pricey VPS package will do the same job as a more expensive one without the caching platform, so not only will your websites work considerably better, but you’ll also save some cash.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

When you need a more powerful web hosting solution and you obtain any of the dedicated web hosting plans offered by us, you will be able to use the Varnish content caching platform to boost the performance of your websites at no additional cost on the condition that the server is ordered with our advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Its simple-to-use interface will enable you to monitor platform processes, to delete the cached content or to restart any instance with one single click. The minimal amount of system memory that the Varnish caching platform can employ to cache content is 3 gigabytes, which is more than enough for a huge number of repeatedly visited Internet sites, so your dedicated server will be able to cope with a tremendous load while your site visitors are enjoying a seamless web browsing experience. As your server will include several dedicated IP addresses, you will be able to make use of Varnish’s maximum potential.