Varnish is a web app accelerator tool, which has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, as it can increase the load speed of any Internet site, sometimes even by 100 percent, depending on the content. This tool is occasionally referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and is used to decrease the overall server load and to boost the browsing speed for the site visitors. Each time a visitor opens a page on a specific Internet site, the browser request is taken care of by the web server and the requested information is served as a reply. If the Varnish accelerator is activated, it caches the pages that the visitor opens and if any of them is loaded once more, it is delivered by Varnish and not by the server directly. The improvement in the overall performance comes from the fact that the accelerator handles the web requests tremendously faster than any web server, which leads to much faster browsing speeds for the site visitors. In case any content is updated meanwhile, the cached pages will also be updated the next time somebody tries to access them.

Varnish in Shared Hosting

We offer Varnish as an optional upgrade with each and every Linux shared hosting package and if you wish to use it, you can add it to your account through the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. There are two separate features that can be upgraded – the instances and the system memory. The first one pertains to the number of the websites that you wish to use Varnish for, whereas the second, which comes in increments of 32 megabytes, displays the total amount of data that the platform can cache at any given moment. Hepsia’s easy-to-use interface will enable you to cancel or to restart any instance, to see comprehensive logs or to clear the platform’s cache with just a click. For best results, you can employ a dedicated IP for the websites that will use the caching platform. With Varnish, your site will open much faster, which means more pleased site visitors and potential customers.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages offered by us will permit you to employ Varnish once your brand-new account has been activated, as the data caching platform is available by default. 64 MB of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the second your account is enabled, so you can use this workload balancing software once your site has been published online. In case you are in need of more system memory, you can order 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated machine in an instant. 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 goes to say that you’ll enjoy more freedom. The Varnish caching platform will considerably reduce the load produced by your sites, so your website visitors can enjoy fast-loading pages. You will be able to manage the Varnish platform with no effort through your Control Panel using quick-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/cancel any of the instances that you have, to delete the cached data for any of your websites or to check system log files.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

We provide Varnish with all Hepsia-managed Linux VPS web hosting packages, so in case you purchase a VPS with this web hosting Control Panel, you’ll be able to use the content caching platform at no additional cost. The Varnish platform can utilize different amounts of system memory for content caching purposes based on the particular configuration that you’ve picked during the VPS order process, but nevertheless, this amount will not be less than several hundred megabytes. This is more than enough to improve the performance of a handful of resource-consuming Internet sites, so the better web page load speeds and the reduced load on the virtual machine will be noticeable. The effect may not be observable momentarily, since the Varnish platform will need some time to cache the website content that people request, but shortly after you set it up, you will witness its full potential. This platform will permit you to use a lower-end VPS and to pay less money to get the same performance you’d get with a more powerful virtual machine without Varnish.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

In case you order a dedicated server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you will get the Varnish data caching platform at no additional fee and you will have complete control over it through a truly simple-to-work-with GUI – you’ll be able to start, to discontinue or to restart an instance, to check a detailed system log, to clear the cached files associated with any website and much, much more. The Varnish caching platform will have several gigabytes of memory at its disposal, so even if you run resource-demanding websites with an enormous number of visitors, you will notice the much faster site loading speeds and the decreased load on the dedicated machine. This will happen shortly after you begin using the Varnish platform, since it will require a certain amount of time to cache the pages that visitors access. You can take full advantage of the platform’s capacity if the websites that are using it use also a dedicated IP, but due to the fact that your server includes a couple of IPs by default, you won’t have to pay anything on top of the monthly fee for the machine itself.