Varnish is a website accelerator, which has been gaining a lot of popularity in recent years, as it can increase the load speed of any website, sometimes even by 100 percent, based on the content. This tool is occasionally referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and is used to reduce the overall load on the server and to boost the access speed for the website visitors. Each time a visitor opens a page on a certain website, the web browser request is processed by the web server and the requested content is returned as a response. If the Varnish accelerator is enabled, it caches the pages that the website visitor opens and if any of them is opened again, it’s fetched by Varnish and not by the server directly. The performance improvement is due to the fact that the accelerator handles the web requests considerably faster than any web server, which leads to much faster browsing speeds for the users. In case any data is modified in the meantime, the cached webpages will also be updated the next time someone attempts to open them.

Varnish in Cloud Hosting

Varnish comes as an optional upgrade with all our Linux cloud packages. You can add it to your website hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with all shared packages and you will get a truly simple-to-use GUI, which will give you full control over the data caching platform. Using 1-click fast-access controls, you can reboot or remove any of the instances, in other words – Varnish will no longer be activated for a given Internet site. You can also view a comprehensive log or delete the cache for any of the Internet sites. When you add Varnish to your shared hosting package, you’ll be able to select the maximum amount of memory that will be available to you for content caching purposes and how many websites will use Varnish. You can always get more memory in increments of 32 megabytes and, for maximum performance, you can allocate a dedicated IP to the sites that will use Varnish. This will allow you to get the most out of your Internet sites and to have plenty of pleased website visitors.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The semi-dedicated packages offered by our company will permit you to employ Varnish as soon as your brand new semi-dedicated server account has been created, as the content caching platform is available by default. 64 MB of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the moment your account is activated, so you can make use of this load balancing software as soon as your site has been built. In case you need more system memory, you can add 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated server instantly. You can also increase the number of the sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly bound to the amount of memory that you use, which means that you’ll have more freedom. The Varnish platform will immensely lower the load on the semi-dedicated server caused by your websites, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You’ll be able to manage Varnish with no effort via your Control Panel using quick-access buttons. You will be able to start/deactivate any of the instances that you have, to clear the cache for any of your sites or to check system logs.

Varnish in VPS Hosting

Varnish comes by default with all Linux VPS hosting offered by us as long as the VPS server is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you can optimize the overall performance of your websites with only a few clicks. The more powerful the package, the more memory Varnish will have at its disposal, but even with a low-end plan, the platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you manage several Internet sites, you’ll notice a serious reduction in the overall server load and a considerably better page load speed. The Varnish platform will need to work for a while as the visitors navigate the site and as soon as the site content has been cached, you’ll distinguish the effects. One of the advantages of employing Varnish is that a less powerful and less expensive VPS plan will accomplish the exact same job as a more high-priced one without the caching platform, so not only will your Internet sites work much better, but you’ll also save some cash.

Varnish in Dedicated Web Hosting

If you need a powerful website hosting solution and you buy any of the dedicated servers hosting packages offered by us, you’ll be able to use the Varnish content caching platform to enhance the work of your Internet sites at no extra fee as long as the dedicated machine is ordered with our advanced Hepsia Control Panel. Its user-friendly interface will permit you to keep track of platform processes, to clear the cache or to reboot any instance with a click. The minimal amount of system memory that the Varnish caching platform can use to cache website content is three gigabytes, which is more than enough for a huge collection of resource-intensive Internet sites, so your dedicated server will be able to deal with a huge system load while your site visitors are enjoying a smooth web browsing experience. As your server will come with several different dedicated IPs, you will be able to make use of Varnish’s full potential.