Varnish is a data caching platform, which is occasionally called a caching HTTP reverse proxy. It’s a web app accelerator tool that can boost the load speed of a website by up to one thousand percent, based on its content. Whenever a visitor opens any page on a site that uses Varnish, the platform caches the page and delivers it instead of the web server if the visitor accesses it again. Thus, the browser request from the visitor is not processed by the web server and the page will open substantially faster, since Varnish can deliver content many times faster than any web server software. The result will be a considerably faster loading page, which leads to an immensely improved browsing experience. In case any of the cached web pages is updated on the live Internet site, the information that Varnish keeps in its system memory is updated too, so the visitors will not see old content.

Varnish in Hosting

Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux hosting packages. You can add it to your web hosting account through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all shared packages and you’ll get a very user-friendly GUI, which will grant you full control over the content caching system. Using 1-click quick-access buttons, you can restart or deactivate any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer work for a specific website. You can also view an exhaustive system log file or delete the cache associated with any of the websites. When you add Varnish to your web hosting package, you’ll be able to select the total amount of system memory that will be available to you for data caching purposes and the number of the websites that will use Varnish. You can always order more memory in increments of 32 megabytes and, for best performance, you can assign a dedicated IP address to the sites that will use Varnish. This will allow you to get the most out of your websites and to have plenty of pleased site users.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated packages that we’re offering will permit you to employ Varnish as soon as your brand-new semi-dedicated account has been set up, as the caching platform is available by default. 64 MB of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the second your account is enabled, so you can take advantage of this load balancing software once your site has been launched online. If you’re in need of more system memory, you can add 32 MB at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated server instantly. You can also increase the number of the sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly linked to the amount of memory that you use, which means that you’ll enjoy more freedom. The platform will substantially reduce the load that your websites generate, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-opening web pages. You will be able to manage the Varnish caching platform without effort via your Control Panel using fast-access controls. You’ll be able to start/shut down any of the instances that you’ve got, to clear the cached content for any of your websites or to check system log files.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

We offer Varnish with all Hepsia-managed Linux VPS web hosting, so if you acquire a VPS with this Control Panel, you will be able to make full use of the content caching platform at no extra charge. The Varnish platform can utilize different amounts of system memory for caching purposes based on the particular sever setup that you have selected on the order page, but in any case, this amount will not be less than several hundred MB. This is more than enough to boost the work of several different resource-heavy websites, so the faster website loading speeds and the reduced load on your virtual server will be discernible. The effect may not be obvious instantly, since Varnish will need a certain amount of time to cache the website content that people access, but soon after you enable it, you’ll observe its full capacity. This platform will permit you to use a less powerful Virtual Private Server and to pay less cash to get the same performance you’d get with a more powerful virtual machine without Varnish.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

In case you order a dedicated server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you will get the Varnish data caching platform at no extra cost and you’ll exert full control over it via a rather simple-to-navigate GUI – you’ll be able to start, to discontinue or to reboot an instance, to see an in-depth log, to delete the cached data for any website and much more. The Varnish platform will have several GB of system memory at its disposal, so even if you run large-sized Internet sites with an immense number of visitors, you will notice the much faster page loading speeds and the lowered load on your dedicated machine. This will become a fact soon after you begin using Varnish, since it will need some time to cache the website content that people request. You can take full advantage of the platform’s capabilities if the sites that are using it use also a dedicated IP, but since your server includes several IP addresses by default, you will not have to pay anything on top of your monthly charge for the machine itself.