Varnish is a web application accelerator platform, which caches info for quicker response times. It is sometimes called an HTTP reverse proxy as well and it works between a web server and a web browser. When a visitor opens a specific page, its content is requested by the browser, and then the web server processes this request and delivers the required info. If Varnish is enabled for a specific site, it will cache the pages at the very first visit and in case the user opens a cached page again, the information will be delivered by the caching platform and not by the server. The accelerated speed is an end result of the substantially faster response speed that the Varnish platform offers as compared with any web server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the visitors will continue being served the same content over and over again, since any change on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform keeps in its memory.

Varnish in Cloud Web Hosting

Varnish comes as an optional upgrade with each and every Linux cloud web hosting and if you would like to use it, you can add it to your shared website hosting account via the Upgrades section in your Hepsia Control Panel. There’re two different things that can be upgraded – the instances and the memory. The first one pertains to the number of the websites that you want to employ Varnish for, whereas the second, which is available in increments of 32 MB, displays the maximum amount of data that the data caching platform can store at any particular time. The Hepsia Control Panel’s time and effort saving graphical interface will allow you to delete or to restart any instance, to view exhaustive logs or to clear the platform’s cache with just one mouse click. For maximum results, you can employ a dedicated IP for the Internet sites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your website will load substantially faster, meaning more pleased site visitors and potential clients.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The semi-dedicated service offered by us will allow you to employ Varnish as soon as your new semi-dedicated server account is active, since the data caching platform is available by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the moment your account is activated, so you can use this load distribution software once you launch your website. If you need more memory, you can add 32 MB at a time from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated server in an instant. You can also increase the number of the websites that use Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly tied to the amount of memory that you use, which means that you’ll have more versatility. The Varnish platform will immensely decrease the load on the semi-dedicated machine generated by your websites, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-opening pages. You will be able to manage the Varnish platform with no effort via your Hepsia Control Panel using fast-access controls. You will be able to start/remove any of the instances that you’ve got, to delete the cached files for any of your sites or to see system log files.

Varnish in VPS Servers

You can take advantage of Varnish with all our VPS server packages at no additional fee, as the platform is pre-installed and is available by default. The only condition is that the Virtual Private Server must come with the Hepsia Control Panel, via which you’ll be able to set up Varnish for any of your websites with just a few clicks of the mouse. Each VPS package offers a different amount of system memory for caching purposes, but you’ll get minimum several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient even for several busy websites. Soon after you enable Varnish, it will start caching the content that your website visitors open, so you will notice the much faster page load speeds and the reduced server load very soon. The platform will allow you to use a less pricey VPS server, as you will not need that much power to guarantee the uninterrupted operation of your sites even if you’ve got popular Internet sites with many visitors. Optimal results are achieved if the sites that use Varnish also use a dedicated IP address.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

You can use Varnish in order to optimize the loading speed of any site that is hosted on a dedicated server with us when the Hepsia Control Panel is installed on it. Not only will you get the caching platform ready for use at no additional charge, but you will also have total control over it through Hepsia’s simple-to-work-with interface. It’ll take only one single click to start or discontinue an instance or to delete the cached data associated with any site that’s using the Varnish platform and if you are more trained, you can also view the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with no less than 3 gigabytes of virtual memory for site content caching purposes, so even if you run a vast number of sites on your dedicated machine and they all use the Varnish caching platform, the difference in their performance will be apparent. You’ll simply have to wait for a while until Varnish caches whatever content the visitors open on their end. The platform works best when the Internet sites use a dedicated IP address, but since our servers include three charge-free IP addresses, you will have all that you need.