Varnish is a content caching platform, which is occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy. It is a web accelerator tool that can improve the loading speed of a website by up to one thousand percent, based on its content. Each time a visitor opens any page on a website that uses Varnish, the platform caches the page and delivers it instead of the web server in case the visitor loads it again. In this way, the browser request from the visitor is not processed by the web server and the page will load significantly faster, as Varnish can serve information many times faster than any server software. The end result is a much faster loading site, which means a greatly improved website browsing experience. If any of the cached webpages is updated on the actual site, the data that Varnish caches in its system memory is ‘refreshed’ too, so the visitors will never see outdated info.
Varnish in Website Hosting
We offer Varnish as an optional upgrade with each website hosting and if you would like to use it, you can add it to your hosting account using the Upgrades section in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. There are two separate things that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. The first one pertains to the number of the sites that you would like to use Varnish for and the second one, which is offered in increments of 32 MB, displays the total amount of content that the platform can store at any given moment. Hepsia’s easy-to-use interface will enable you to deactivate or to restart any instance, to check in-depth logs or to clear the platform’s cache with just one mouse click. For optimal results, you can use a dedicated IP for the sites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your site will open much faster, meaning more pleased site visitors and potential clients.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
All our Linux semi-dedicated servers include Varnish by default, so you can make use of the website accelerator tool and improve the load speed of any site that you host on our platform. You will get 64 MB of system memory particularly for the Varnish accelerator at no extra charge and you can activate an instance with no more than a couple of mouse clicks through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with the semi-dedicated packages. In case you need more memory, the latter is offered in increments of 32 MB in the Upgrades section of the Control Panel and it will be at your disposal immediately. You can also add more instances as a separate upgrade, so you can decide whether plenty of content will be cached for a single site or whether the memory will be used by multiple sites. The Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to reboot or to remove any instance, to view the system log associated with it or to clear the cached content using single-click buttons. To take full advantage of the Varnish accelerator, you can set a dedicated IP for the Internet sites which will use it.
Varnish in VPS Servers
We offer Varnish with all Hepsia-equipped VPS servers, so in case you buy a server with this hosting Control Panel, you will be able to use the caching platform at no extra cost. Varnish can use different amounts of memory for content caching purposes based on the specific setup that you have picked during the registration process, but nevertheless, this amount won’t be less than several hundred MB. This is quite enough to boost the performance of a number of traffic-hungry sites, so the better site browsing speeds and the decreased load on the Virtual Private Server will be noticeable. The effect may not be apparent immediately, as Varnish will need a certain amount of time to cache the website content that visitors request, but soon after you enable it, you will perceive its full capacity. This caching platform will allow you to use a less powerful VPS server and to pay less cash to get the same performance you would get with a more powerful machine without Varnish.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
If you want a powerful web hosting solution and you order any of the dedicated web hosting plans that we offer, you will be able to use Varnish to optimize the overall performance of your sites at no additional charge as long as the dedicated server is ordered with our leading-edge Hepsia Control Panel. Its easy-to-navigate GUI will enable you to keep track of platform processes, to clear the cached data or to restart any instance with one single click. The minimum amount of system memory that the Varnish caching platform can employ to cache website content is three gigabytes, which is quite enough for an immense number of large-size websites, so your dedicated server will be able to handle an enormous system load while your site visitors are enjoying a smooth browsing experience. As your dedicated machine will include several different dedicated IPs, you’ll be able to make use of Varnish’s full capacity.