Varnish is a website accelerator platform, which caches data for the sake of quicker access. It is occasionally called a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and an Internet browser. When a visitor accesses a certain web page, the content is requested by the web browser, and then the web server handles this browser request and sends back the required information. If Varnish is activated for a particular site, it will cache its pages at the very first visit and if the visitor opens a cached page once again, the info will be delivered by the caching platform and not by the server. The boosted load speed is a result of the much faster response time that the Varnish platform offers compared with any server software. Of course, this does not mean that the website visitors will keep seeing the same content again and again, because any modification on any of the pages is reflected in the content that Varnish stores in its memory.
Varnish in Hosting
Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux hosting plans. You can add it to your hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is available with all shared packages and you will get an exceptionally simple-to-work-with interface, which will grant you complete control over the content caching platform. Using 1-click quick-access buttons, you can reboot or shut down any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer work for a particular site. You can also see an elaborate system log or clear the cache for any of the websites. When you add Varnish to your shared web hosting plan, you’ll be able to choose the total amount of system memory that will be at your disposal for caching purposes and how many sites will use Varnish. You can always get more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for top performance, you can allocate a dedicated IP to the websites that will use Varnish. This will enable you to get the most out of your websites and to have a lot of gratified site visitors.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
Varnish is offered 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 Control Panel. The Varnish data 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 your account. In case you need more than that, you can increase the system memory allocation. The memory itself is offered in increments of 32 MB in the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The very same Upgrades section will permit you to create more instances as well, if you wish to use the Varnish caching platform with more Internet sites. The two things can be ordered independently – you can cache the content of one single resource-demanding website or run several different websites with the default memory. You can get the most out of the Varnish platform in case you’ve got a dedicated IP and you can get one with your semi-dedicated package as well. Hepsia will give you full control over the platform and, with no more than one click, you will be able to delete the cached data, to view a log file or to restart an instance.
Varnish in VPS Servers
The Varnish platform comes by default with all VPS plans that we offer as long as the Virtual Private Server is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you can boost the overall performance of your sites with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. The more powerful the package, the more system memory will be available to Varnish, but even with a lower-end package, the caching platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you’ve got several websites, you will notice a noticeable decrease in the server load and a significantly faster site load speed. The Varnish caching platform will have to work for a while as the users browse the website and once the content has been cached, you will observe the result. One of the advantages of using Varnish is that a less powerful and less high-priced Virtual Private Server package will do the exact same job as a more costly one without the platform, so not only will your Internet sites work substantially better, but you’ll also spare a certain amount of cash.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
If you need the most powerful website hosting solution and you order any of the Linux dedicated web hosting plans that we’re offering, you’ll be able to use Varnish to optimize the work of your Internet sites at no extra fee as long as the dedicated machine is ordered with our next-gen Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Its simple-to-use graphical interface will allow you to keep track of system processes, to delete the cached data or to reboot any instance with one mouse click. The smallest amount of system memory that the Varnish caching platform can employ to cache site content is three gigabytes, which is quite enough for an immense number of heavy sites, so your dedicated server will be able to cope with an enormous system load while your visitors are enjoying a seamless browsing experience. Since your dedicated server will come with a number of dedicated IPs, you’ll be able to make use of Varnish’s maximum capacity.