Varnish is a web application accelerator platform, which caches information for faster access. It’s sometimes called an HTTP reverse proxy too and it interacts between a web server and an Internet browser. When a visitor accesses a specific web page, its content is requested by the web browser, and then the server processes this browser request and sends back the requested data. If Varnish is enabled for a particular website, it will cache its pages on the very first visit and in case the visitor accesses a cached page once more, the information will be delivered by the accelerator platform instead of the server. The improved loading speed is an end result of the considerably faster response time that Varnish offers as compared to any server software. Of course, this does not mean that the users will continue seeing the same content again and again, as any modification on any of the web pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform stores in its system memory.
Varnish in Cloud Hosting
Varnish is offered as an optional upgrade with all our cloud plans. You can add it to your web hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is available with all shared web hosting plans and you’ll get an amazingly user-friendly graphical interface, which will grant you full control over the caching system. Using 1-click quick-access buttons, you can restart or cancel any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer be activated for a given site. You can also view a detailed log file or clear the cache associated with any of the Internet sites. When you add Varnish to your web hosting package, you will be able to select the maximum amount of system memory that will be available to you for data caching purposes and the number of the sites that 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 enable you to get the most out of your sites and to have numerous gratified website visitors.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
The semi-dedicated hosting plans offered by us will allow you to employ Varnish as soon as your brand-new semi-dedicated account has been activated, since the caching platform is available by default. 64 MB of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the second your account is enabled, so you can take advantage of this workload distribution software as soon as your site has been launched online. If you need more system memory, you can order 32 MB at a time from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated server momentarily. You can also increase the number of the sites that use Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly bound to the amount of memory that you use, which suggests that you’ll have more versatility. The Varnish caching platform will noticeably decrease the server load that your websites cause, so your visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You will be able to manage Varnish without efforts through the Hepsia Control Panel using quick-access controls. You will be able to start/remove any of the instances that you have, to delete the cached content associated with any of your websites or to see system log files.
Varnish in VPS Servers
The Varnish data caching platform is included by default with each of the VPS web hosting plans that we offer on the condition that the virtual machine is ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you can boost the overall performance of your sites with only a couple of mouse clicks. The more powerful the package, the more memory will be available to Varnish, but even with a less powerful plan, the caching platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you run several Internet sites, you will notice a substantial reduction in the overall server load and a much faster website load speed. The platform will have to work for a little while while the users navigate the pages and once the content has been cached, you will perceive the result. One of the pros of employing Varnish is that a less powerful and less high-priced VPS package will accomplish the very same job as a more pricey one without the caching platform, so not only will your sites work substantially better, but you’ll also spare some cash.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
When you need the most powerful web hosting solution and you buy any of the dedicated web hosting plans that we’re offering, you can use the Varnish platform to enhance the overall performance of your Internet sites at no extra charge as long as the dedicated server is ordered with our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Its intuitive interface will allow you to monitor platform processes, to clear the cached contents or to restart any instance with one mouse click. The minimal amount of memory that the Varnish caching platform can employ to cache website content is 3 gigabytes, which is more than enough for a large number of resource-hungry websites, so your dedicated server will be able to handle a substantial load while your visitors are enjoying a seamless web browsing experience. As your dedicated machine will come with several dedicated IP addresses, you will be able to make use of Varnish’s maximum capacity.