Varnish is a content caching platform, which is sometimes called a caching HTTP reverse proxy. It is a web app accelerator tool that can accelerate the loading speed of a website by up to 1000%, based on its content. Every time a visitor opens any page on a site that uses Varnish, the platform caches the page and delivers it instead of the web server in case the visitor opens it again. Thus, the web browser request from the visitor is not handled by the server and the web page will open much faster, as the Varnish platform can deliver content many times faster than any server software. The end result will be a substantially faster loading website, which means an improved browsing experience. In case any of the cached web pages is updated on the live Internet site, the information that Varnish stores in its memory is updated as well, so the users will not see outdated data.

Varnish in Cloud Website Hosting

Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux cloud website hosting packages. You can add it to your web hosting account through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is available with all shared plans and you’ll get a quite easy-to-use interface, which will grant you complete control over the data caching system. Using one-click quick-access buttons, you can reboot or discontinue any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer work for a given Internet site. You can also check a comprehensive log or clear the cache for any of the Internet sites. When you add Varnish to your web hosting package, you will be able to select the total amount of memory that will be at your disposal for content caching purposes and the number of the websites that will use Varnish. You can always get more memory in increments of 32 megabytes and, for optimal performance, you can get a dedicated IP address for the websites that will use Varnish. This will allow you to take full advantage of your sites and to have plenty of satisfied site users.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Varnish data caching platform is an essential part of the standard service set that you will get in case you choose to host your Internet sites under a semi-dedicated server account. You can enable it for any of your sites via our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The default system memory that Varnish can use to cache data is 64 megabytes, but if you decide that you want more, you can upgrade this amount of memory from the Upgrades section of the Control Panel. You can also upgrade the Varnish instances, i.e. the number of the Internet sites that can use this platform at the same time. As these two things aren’t linked to each other, you can use several Internet sites with the default amount of memory or you can get more memory in increments of 32 MB and use all of it for a single Internet site. The Varnish platform works best if you allocate a dedicated IP address to the sites that utilize its power. The Hepsia Control Panel will offer you an easy means of restarting any instance. Furthermore, you will be able to clear the cached data with only one click.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

You can take full advantage of the load balancing capabilities of Varnish with any of our VPS web hosting packages when you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. The content caching platform is available by default and the amount of memory that it’ll be able to utilize to cache the content of your websites depends on the given plan that you’ve chosen, but even with the less powerful plans, you will have no less than several hundred MB of memory at your disposal only for data caching purposes. This amount is sufficient to optimize the performance of numerous websites. It will take a little time for you to notice the effects, as the Varnish platform caches the content that site visitors browse, but shortly thereafter you’ll notice the significantly less load on your VPS and the increased website load speed. Varnish will permit you to make use of a lower-end VPS package for websites that would usually require a more costly hosting service.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

In case you order a dedicated server with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you will acquire the Varnish caching platform at no additional charge and you’ll exert full control over it through a truly intuitive GUI – you will be able to start, to cancel or to restart an instance, to check a comprehensive log, to delete the cached content for any website and much, much more. The Varnish caching platform will have several GB of system memory at its disposal, so even if you manage resource-demanding websites with a vast number of visitors, you’ll notice the considerably better page load times and the decreased load on your server. This will happen soon after you begin using the Varnish platform, as it will require some time to cache the content that people access. You can get the most out of the platform’s capabilities if the websites that are using it also use a dedicated IP address, but due to the fact that your dedicated server includes a few IPs by default, you will not need to pay anything on top of your monthly fee for the machine itself.