Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches info for the sake of quicker response times. It’s sometimes referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and it interacts between a web server and its users. When a site visitor loads a particular webpage, its content is requested by the web browser, and then the server processes this browser request and delivers the necessary content. If Varnish is activated for a certain website, it will cache the pages on the very first visit and in case the user accesses a cached page again, the content will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the web server. The accelerated speed is a result of the substantially faster response speed that Varnish offers compared with any web server software. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the visitors will continue being served the same content over and over again, because any change on any of the web pages is reflected in the content that Varnish caches in its memory.

Varnish in Cloud Hosting

In case you host your websites in a cloud hosting account with us, you will be able to add Varnish with a couple of mouse clicks from your hosting Control Panel. The content caching platform comes as an optional upgrade with all our hosting packages and you can choose how many websites will use it and the total amount of system memory that will be used for the cached data. The two features that can be upgraded in the Control Panel’s Upgrades section are the number of instances and the amount of memory and they are not tied directly to each other, so you can decide whether you want plenty of memory for one large-size website or less memory for multiple smaller ones. You can make use of the full potential of the Varnish caching platform if the websites use a dedicated IP address. Using the hosting Control Panel, you can quickly start/restart/disable an instance, delete the cached files individually for each site that uses the Varnish platform or see an in-depth system log.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated packages that we’re offering will permit you to use Varnish once your brand-new account is active, as the platform is offered by default. 64 MB of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the second your account is activated, so you can use this load balancing software once your site has been launched online. If you are in need of more memory, you can get 32 MB at a time from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated server immediately. You can also increase the number of the websites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly bound to the amount of memory that you use, which goes to say that you’ll have more freedom. The caching platform will substantially lower the load on the semi-dedicated machine that your websites produce, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading pages. You’ll be able to manage the Varnish caching platform effortlessly from your Control Panel using fast-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/delete any of the instances that you have, to clear the cached files for any of your websites or to view system logs.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

You can take advantage of Varnish with all our virtual private server packages at no additional cost, since the caching platform is pre-installed and is offered by default. The one and only prerequisite is that the Virtual Private Server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, through which you will be able to set up Varnish for any of your Internet sites with just a few clicks. Each VPS plan features a different amount of system memory for caching purposes, but you will have no less than several hundred megabytes, which is quite sufficient even for multiple resource-absorbing sites. Shortly after you set up the Varnish platform, it will start caching the content that your visitors request, so you will notice the considerably better website loading speeds and the decreased load on your Virtual Private Server in no time. The caching platform will allow you to use a less costly VPS server, since you won’t require that many resources to ensure the proper operation of your sites even if you own traffic-intensive websites with numerous visitors. Maximum results are accomplished if the websites that use the Varnish platform also use a dedicated IP.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

In case you order a dedicated server with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you will obtain the Varnish platform at no extra charge and you will have complete control over it through a quite easy-to-work-with GUI – you will be able to start, to stop or to restart an instance, to see an exhaustive log, to delete the cached content associated with any site and much, much more. The Varnish caching platform will have several GB of system memory at its disposal, so even if you have busy sites with a large number of visitors, you’ll notice the significantly better web page load speeds and the reduced load on the dedicated machine. This will become a fact soon after you begin using Varnish, as it will require a certain amount of time to cache the site content that people open. You can get the most out of the platform’s potential in case the websites that are using it use also a dedicated IP address, but considering the fact that your server includes several IP addresses by default, you won’t have to pay anything on top of the monthly charge for the server itself.