Varnish is a web app accelerator platform, which caches info for quicker access. It’s occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy as well and it works between a web server and an Internet browser. When a website visitor accesses a certain web page, the content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the web server processes this request and returns the needed data. If Varnish is activated for a site, it will cache the pages at the first visit and if the user opens a cached page again, the info will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the web server. The increased loading speed is a result of the substantially faster response speed that the Varnish platform offers compared with any server software. At the same time, this doesn’t mean that the users will keep seeing the very same content again and again, since any modification on any of the web pages is reflected in the content that Varnish saves in its memory.
Varnish in Shared Website Hosting
You can use Varnish’s potential and optimize your sites’ speed regardless of the shared website hosting package that you have selected and you can activate and configure the content caching platform with several mouse clicks via the easy-to-work-with GUI offered by our cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the procedure, you’ll be able to choose two separate things – how many websites will use the Varnish platform, i.e. the number of instances, and how much data will be cached, i.e. the amount of system memory. The latter comes in increments of 32 megabytes and is not tied to the number of instances, so you can order more instances and less memory and vice versa. If you have lots of content on a particular website and you gain numerous visitors, more system memory will give you better results. You may also consider using a dedicated IP address for the sites that will use Varnish. Hepsia will offer you simple 1-click controls for deleting or rebooting any instance, for clearing the cache associated with each site and for seeing in-depth logs.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
The semi-dedicated servers that we offer will permit you to employ Varnish as soon as your brand new semi-dedicated account has been set up, as the caching platform comes by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the second your account is enabled, so you can use this load distribution software as soon as your website has been published on the Internet. In case you need more system memory, you can get 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated server momentarily. You can also increase the number of the websites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly linked to the amount of system memory that you use, which means that you’ll have more flexibility. The Varnish platform will enormously lower the load that your sites cause, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You’ll be able to manage Varnish without any effort from your Control Panel using quick-access buttons. You will be able to start/discontinue any of the instances that you’ve got, to clear the cache associated with any of your sites or to view system logs.
Varnish in VPS Servers
You can take advantage of Varnish with any of our VPS server packages at no additional cost, as the content caching platform is pre-installed and is available by default. The sole condition is that the VPS must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, through which you’ll be able to set up Varnish for any of your Internet sites with only a couple of clicks. Each plan offers a different amount of memory for data caching purposes, but you will have at least several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient even for several popular sites. Shortly after you activate the Varnish platform, it will begin caching the content that your website visitors browse, so you’ll notice the much better site load speeds and the lowered load on the virtual machine very soon. The Varnish platform will permit you to use a less high-priced VPS, as you won’t require that much power to sustain the uninterrupted operation of your sites even if you have traffic-hungry websites with numerous visitors. Optimal results are accomplished if the Internet sites which use the Varnish caching platform also use a dedicated IP.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
You can employ Varnish in order to improve the speed of any website that is hosted on a dedicated server with us when the Hepsia Control Panel is pre-installed on the machine. Not only will you get the content caching platform ready to be used at no extra charge, but you’ll also have complete control over it through the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-navigate GUI. It will take just one mouse click to start or disable an instance or to delete the cached files for any Internet site that’s using Varnish and in case you’re more proficient, you can also check the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with at least 3 gigabytes of memory for content caching purposes, so even in case you host an enormous number of websites on your dedicated server and they all use the platform, the difference in their performance will be noticeable. You’ll only have to wait for a little while until Varnish caches whatever content the website visitors browse on their end. The Varnish platform performs best if the Internet sites use a dedicated IP, but owing to the fact that our dedicated servers come with 3 free-of-charge IP addresses, you’ll have all that you need.