Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches data for quicker response times. It is occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy too and it interacts between a web server and a web browser. When a visitor loads a specific page, the content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the web server processes this request and sends back the required info. If Varnish is enabled for a particular site, it will cache the pages on the very first visit and in case the visitor accesses a cached page once more, the content will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the web server. The improved load speed is a result of the much faster response speed that Varnish offers compared to any web server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the visitors will keep seeing the same content again and again, since any change on any of the web pages is reflected in the content that Varnish stores in its memory.

Varnish in Hosting

Varnish comes as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux hosting. You can add it to your hosting account via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is offered with all shared packages and you’ll get a rather easy-to-use graphical interface, which will give you full control over the content caching system. Using one-click quick-access controls, you can reboot or deactivate any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer work for a certain Internet site. You can also see an in-depth log or erase the cache associated with any of the Internet sites. When you add Varnish to your web hosting plan, you’ll be able to choose the maximum amount of memory that will be available to you for caching purposes and the number of the websites that will use Varnish. You can always add more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for top performance, you can assign a dedicated IP address to the sites that will use Varnish. This will enable you to get the most out of your websites and to have plenty of satisfied website users.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Varnish data caching platform is included in the basic service set that you’ll obtain if you choose to host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account. You can configure it for any of your websites through our next-gen Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The default memory that Varnish can use to cache content is 64 megabytes, but if 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, i.e. the number of the websites that can use this platform simultaneously. Since these two things aren’t tied to each other, you can use a couple of sites with the default amount of memory or you can order more memory in increments of 32 MB and use all of it for a single website. The Varnish platform works best when you get a dedicated IP address for the websites that utilize its power. The Hepsia Control Panel will provide you with a simple means of rebooting any instance. On top of that, you will be able to clear the cached contents with only one mouse click.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

You can take advantage of Varnish with all our virtual private server packages at no extra cost, as the data caching platform is pre-installed and is included by default. The one and only precondition is that the virtual server must come with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, through which you will be able to activate Varnish for any of your Internet sites with just a few clicks of the mouse. Each Virtual Private Server package offers a different amount of memory for data caching purposes, but you will get no less than several hundred MB, which is quite enough even for several resource-consuming Internet sites. Shortly after you enable Varnish, it will start caching the content that your website visitors browse, so you will notice the considerably faster web page loading times and the lowered load on the machine in no time. The caching platform will permit you to use a less pricey VPS server, as you will not require that many resources to warrant the proper operation of your sites even if you have busy sites with many visitors. Maximum results are achieved if the sites that use the Varnish platform also use a dedicated IP address.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

You can use Varnish to increase the loading speed of any website that is hosted on a dedicated server from our company if the Hepsia hosting Control Panel is pre-installed on the machine. Not only will you get the caching platform ready to be used at no additional charge, but you will also have full control over it via the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-work-with interface. It’ll take only one click of the mouse to start or shut down an instance or to delete the cache associated with any website that is using the Varnish platform and if you are more practiced, you can also browse the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with at least three gigabytes of system memory for content caching purposes, so even in case you host a vast number of sites on your machine and they all use the Varnish caching platform, the difference in their overall performance will be noticeable. You’ll simply need to wait for a while until Varnish caches whatever content the visitors open on their end. The Varnish platform performs best when the websites use a dedicated IP, but due to the fact that our dedicated servers include 3 free-of-cost IPs, you’ll have all that you need.