Varnish is a web application accelerator, which has been gaining a lot in popularity in recent years, as it can increase the speed of any Internet site, sometimes even by 100 percent, depending on the content itself. This tool is occasionally called an HTTP reverse proxy too and is used to reduce the overall server load and to enhance the access speed for the site visitors. Anytime a visitor accesses a page on a certain website, the web browser request is handled by the web server and the requested content is returned as a response. If Varnish is enabled, it caches the pages that the site visitor browses and if any of them is accessed again, it is delivered by Varnish and not by the server directly. The increase in the performance comes from the fact that the accelerator handles the browser requests significantly faster than any web server, which results in much faster browsing speeds for the website visitors. If any data is modified meanwhile, the cached web pages will also be ‘refreshed’ the next time somebody tries to access them.

Varnish in Hosting

We offer Varnish as an optional upgrade with each Linux hosting plan and if you wish to use it, you can add it to your account via 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 sites that you want to employ Varnish for, whereas the second, which is available in increments of 32 MB, shows the total amount of data that the platform can store at any given moment. The Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-work-with interface will allow you to delete or to reboot any instance, to see elaborate logs or to get rid of the platform’s cache with just click of the mouse. For maximum results, you can employ a dedicated IP for the websites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your Internet site will load tremendously faster, meaning more pleased website visitors and prospective clients.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The semi-dedicated plans that we’re offering will permit you to employ Varnish once your new semi-dedicated account has been activated, since the content caching platform is offered by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the second your account is activated, so you can take advantage of this workload balancing software as soon as your site has been published to the web. If you’re in need of more memory, you can order 32 megabytes at a time from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated machine momentarily. You can also increase the number of the websites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not linked directly to the amount of system memory that you use, which suggests that you’ll have more flexibility. The Varnish caching platform will greatly reduce the load on the server that your websites produce, so your visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You’ll be able to manage the Varnish platform with no effort from the Hepsia Control Panel using fast-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/remove any of the instances that you have, to delete the cached data for any of your Internet sites or to check system logs.

Varnish in VPS Servers

We offer Varnish with all Hepsia-managed Linux VPS servers, so if you order a VPS with this Control Panel, you will be able to make the most of the caching platform at no extra charge. The Varnish platform can use different amounts of memory for data caching purposes based on the particular VPS package that you have chosen at signup, but at any rate, this amount won’t be less than several hundred megabytes. This is more than enough to enhance the overall performance of a number of traffic-consuming Internet sites, so the better web page loading speeds and the decreased load on the server will be noticeable. The effect may not be visible straight away, since Varnish will require a certain amount of time to cache the website content that users browse, but soon after you enable it, you’ll perceive its full potential. This caching platform will allow you to use a lower-end VPS and to give less cash to get the very same performance you would get with a more powerful machine without Varnish.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

You can employ Varnish in order to accelerate the speed of any site that’s hosted on a dedicated server from our company if the Hepsia Control Panel is installed on it. Not only will you get the caching platform ready for use at no additional cost, but you’ll also exert total control over it through the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-navigate interface. It will take only one single mouse click to start or discontinue an instance or to clear the cached data for any website that is using the Varnish platform and if you are more advanced, you can also see the platform’s logs. Varnish comes with no less than 3 gigabytes of memory for web content caching purposes, so even in case you run lots of sites on your dedicated server and they all use the caching platform, the difference in their overall performance will be observable. You’ll only need to wait for a while till Varnish caches whatever content the website visitors open on their end. The platform works best if the Internet sites use a dedicated IP, but since our dedicated servers come with 3 free-of-charge IPs, you will have all that you need.