Varnish is a content caching platform, which is occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy. It is a web accelerator that can improve the load speed of a site by up to 1000 percent, depending on its content. Each 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 when the visitor loads it again. Thus, the browser request from the visitor is not handled by the web server and the page will open tremendously faster, as Varnish can serve content many times faster than any web server software. The end result will be a significantly faster loading page, which means an improved browsing experience. When any of the cached webpages is updated on the actual site, the content that Varnish stores in its system memory is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the site visitors won’t end up seeing outdated content.

Varnish in Cloud Hosting

Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with each and every cloud hosting and if you wish to use it, you can add it to your website hosting account using the Upgrades section in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. There are two different features that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the system memory. The first one refers to the number of the Internet sites that you want to employ Varnish for, whereas the second, which comes in increments of 32 megabytes, displays the total amount of data that the platform can store at any particular time. The Hepsia Control Panel’s user-friendly interface will enable you to delete or to reboot any instance, to view elaborate system logs or to get rid of the platform’s cache with just one mouse click. For maximum results, you can employ a dedicated IP address for the websites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your site will load significantly faster, meaning more happy users and potential customers.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Linux semi-dedicated servers that we offer will permit you to use Varnish once your brand-new account has been activated, since the platform is offered by default. 64 MB of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the second your account is enabled, so you can use this workload balancing software once you launch your site. In case you are in need of more memory, you can add 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated machine in a flash. You can also increase the number of the Internet sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly bound to the amount of system memory that you use, which suggests that you will have more flexibility. The caching platform will significantly lower the load on the server caused by your websites, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-opening pages. You’ll be able to manage the Varnish caching platform without effort via the Control Panel using fast-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/stop any of the instances that you have, to clear the cache for any of your websites or to see system logs.

Varnish in VPS Servers

We offer Varnish with all Hepsia-equipped VPS hosting plans, so in case you buy a VPS with this hosting Control Panel, you will be able to use the content caching platform at no extra cost. The Varnish platform can use different amounts of system memory for caching purposes depending on the particular sever setup that you’ve picked on the order form, but nevertheless, this amount won’t be less than several hundred megabytes. This is more than enough to enhance the work of several different resource-requiring websites, so the faster web page browsing speeds and the lowered load on the VPS will be discernible. The result may not be detectable instantly, as Varnish will need some time to cache the content that people browse, but soon after you enable it, you’ll feel its full potential. This caching platform will allow you to use a lower-end Virtual Private Server and to give less money to get the same performance you would get with a higher-end virtual machine without Varnish.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

In case you order a dedicated server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you will acquire the Varnish data caching platform at no additional fee and you will have total control over it via a very easy-to-navigate interface – you will be able to start, to delete or to restart an instance, to see an in-depth system log, to delete the cache associated with any site and much more. Varnish will have several GB of virtual memory at its disposal, so even if you run resource-requiring Internet sites with a vast number of visitors, you’ll notice the tremendously faster page loading times and the less load on your server. This will become a fact shortly after you begin using Varnish, since it will require a certain amount of time to cache the website content that visitors browse. You can take full advantage of the platform’s capabilities in case the Internet sites that are using it also use a dedicated IP address, but due to the fact that your dedicated server includes a few IP addresses by default, you will not have to pay anything on top of the monthly charge for the machine itself.