Varnish is a web application accelerator, which has been gaining a lot of popularity in recent years, because it can increase the speed of any site, at times even by 100%, depending on the content itself. This tool is sometimes referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy too and is used to lower the overall server load and to boost the browsing speed for the website visitors. Whenever a visitor accesses a page on a specific website, the browser request is taken care of by the web server and the requested information is sent as a reply. If the Varnish accelerator is enabled, it caches the pages that the website visitor opens and in case any of them is accessed once again, it is delivered by Varnish and not by the server directly. The performance boost comes from the fact that the accelerator processes the browser requests significantly quicker than any web server, which results in much faster browsing speeds for the website visitors. If any content is updated meanwhile, the cached webpages will also be ‘refreshed’ the next time somebody attempts to access them.
Varnish in Shared Website Hosting
We offer Varnish as an optional upgrade with each and every Linux shared website hosting and if you want to use it, you can add it to your web hosting account through the Upgrades section in your Hepsia Control Panel. There are two different features that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. The first one refers 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 megabytes, refers to the maximum amount of content that the platform can cache at any particular moment. Hepsia’s time and effort saving interface will permit you to remove or to restart any instance, to check elaborate logs or to get rid of the platform’s cache with just one click. For optimum results, you can use a dedicated IP for the sites that will use the caching platform. With Varnish, your site will load significantly faster, which means more satisfied visitors and prospective customers.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The semi-dedicated hosting that we’re offering will permit you to use Varnish as soon as your brand new semi-dedicated account has been activated, as the caching platform is available by default. 64 MB of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the moment your account is activated, so you can take advantage of this load distribution software as soon as your site has been taken online. If you’re in need of more system memory, you can get 32 megabytes at a time from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section 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 goes to say that you will have more versatility. The Varnish platform will substantially decrease the load on the semi-dedicated machine caused by your websites, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading pages. You’ll be able to manage Varnish without efforts through the Control Panel using fast-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/discontinue any of the instances that you’ve got, to delete the cached data for any of your Internet sites or to see system log files.
Varnish in VPS Web Hosting
The Varnish data caching platform comes by default with all VPS web hosting that we are offering on the condition that the VPS server is ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you can improve the performance of your sites with only a few mouse clicks. The more powerful the plan, the more memory Varnish will have at its disposal, but even with a low-end package, the caching platform will be able to utilize several hundred MB, so even if you own several sites, you will notice an enormous decrease in the overall server load and a much better site loading speed. The platform will need to work for a little while while the visitors browse the pages and once the content has been cached, you’ll distinguish the results. One of the pros of using Varnish is that a lower-end and less expensive plan will do the same job as a more costly one without the platform, so not only will your websites work considerably better, but you’ll also spare a certain amount of cash.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting
All Linux dedicated servers hosting packages which are ordered with the in-house developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel come with Varnish, which is among the pre-installed software platforms that you will get with the machine. The Varnish platform can be enabled and administered with no effort through the Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-navigate graphical interface and, with no more than a click, you can browse a comprehensive system log, create or reboot an instance, delete the cached files associated with any Internet site and much, much more. Shortly after you set up the Varnish platform for a given domain or subdomain, it will start caching the webpages loaded by your visitors and once it has cached enough content, you’ll witness a significantly better site performance plus a reduced load on the machine. With Varnish-dedicated memory starting at 3 GB, you will be able to use the software platform for workload distribution purposes even if you run a vast number of websites on the dedicated machine.