Varnish is a data caching platform, which is occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy. It’s a web accelerator tool that can improve the load speed of a website by up to 1000 percent, based on the content itself. Each time a visitor accesses 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. In this way, the web browser request from the visitor is not handled by the server and the web page will load substantially faster, as Varnish can serve content many times faster than any web server software. The result will be a significantly faster loading page, which means an improved website browsing experience. In case any of the cached webpages is updated on the live Internet site, the info that Varnish keeps in its memory is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the users will not end up seeing out-of-date info.

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 clicks via your Control Panel. The data caching platform is available as an optional upgrade with all our shared packages and you can choose the number of the websites that will use it and the maximum amount of system memory that will be available for the cached content. The two upgradeable features in the Control Panel’s Upgrades section are the amount of system memory and the number of instances and they aren’t tied directly to each other, so you can choose if you need lots of memory for one single large-sized site or less memory for several smaller ones. You can take advantage of the full potential of the Varnish platform if the sites use a dedicated IP. With the hosting Control Panel, you can swiftly start/restart/disable an instance, delete the cached contents independently for each website which uses the Varnish platform or check an exhaustive log.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Varnish platform is an essential part of the basic set of services that you’ll acquire when you decide to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account. You can set it up for any of your Internet sites via our avant-garde Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The default amount of memory that Varnish can use to cache content is 64 MB, but if you decide that you need 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 sites that can use this caching platform simultaneously. As these two features aren’t linked to each other, you can use a couple of Internet sites with the default memory or you can add more memory in increments of 32 megabytes and use all of it for one single Internet site. Varnish performs best if you set a dedicated IP for the websites that utilize its power. The Hepsia Control Panel will give you a simple means of rebooting any instance. Furthermore, you will be able to delete the cached files with only one single mouse click.

Varnish in VPS Servers

You can take advantage of Varnish with each of our VPS server packages at no extra cost, since the caching platform is pre-installed and is offered by default. The one and only condition is that the VPS must come with the Hepsia Control Panel, through which you will be able to activate Varnish for any of your Internet sites with only a couple of mouse clicks. Each VPS package features a different amount of system memory for caching purposes, but you’ll get no less than several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient even for several regularly visited sites. Shortly after you enable Varnish, it’ll start caching the content that your site visitors open, so you will notice the substantially better site load speeds and the reduced load on the virtual machine in no time. The platform will allow you to use a less high-priced server, since you will not require that much power to guarantee the uninterrupted operation of your Internet sites even if you run traffic-intensive websites with many visitors. Best results are achieved if the websites that use Varnish also use a dedicated IP address.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

If you need a more powerful hosting solution and you obtain any of the Linux dedicated web hosting plans that we’re offering, you will be able to use Varnish to optimize the performance of your sites at no additional fee as long as the dedicated server is ordered with our next-generation Hepsia Control Panel. Its simple-to-work-with graphical interface will permit you to monitor system processes, to clear the cache or to reboot any instance with one click of the mouse. The minimum amount of system memory that the Varnish platform can use to cache site content is 3 GB, which is quite enough for a vast collection of heavy sites, so your dedicated server will be able to cope with a colossal system load while your site visitors are enjoying a seamless browsing experience. Since your dedicated server will come with several different dedicated IPs, you’ll be able to use Varnish’s maximum potential.