Varnish is a website accelerator platform, which caches content for the sake of quicker access. It’s sometimes called a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and a browser. When a site visitor opens a certain web page, the content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the web server handles this request and returns the requested info. If Varnish is activated for a certain website, it will cache its pages on the very first request and if the visitor accesses a cached page for a second time, the data will be delivered by the accelerator platform and not by the web server. The improved loading speed is an end result of the substantially faster response time that Varnish offers as compared to any server software. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the site visitors will keep seeing the exact same content again and again, because any update on any of the pages is reflected in the content that Varnish saves in its system memory.
Varnish in Shared Hosting
Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with each of our shared hosting service. You can add it to your hosting account through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all shared web hosting packages and you’ll get a truly easy-to-work-with GUI, which will grant you full control over the content caching system. Using one-click quick-access buttons, you can restart or cancel any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer be activated for a certain Internet site. You can also view an in-depth log file or delete the cache for any of the websites. When you add Varnish to your shared hosting package, you will be able to select the total amount of system memory that will be at your disposal for caching purposes and how many sites will use Varnish. You can always add more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for maximum performance, you can allocate a dedicated IP to the websites that will use Varnish. This will allow you to take full advantage of your sites and to have numerous gratified visitors.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
Varnish is a feature, which is included by default with all semi-dedicated hosting service offered by our company and you can use it for workload balancing purposes. It’s available in your Hepsia Control Panel. The data caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached content storing purposes and you can employ it with any website that you host in your semi-dedicated account. In case you’re in need of more than that, you can increase the memory allocation. The memory itself is offered in increments of 32 megabytes in the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The very same section will enable you to create more instances as well, in case you wish to use Varnish with multiple sites. The two upgrades can be ordered separately – you can cache the content of a single traffic-consuming website or run a number of sites with the default memory allowance. You can get the most out of the Varnish caching platform in case you use a dedicated IP and you can order one with your semi-dedicated server package as well. Hepsia will give you full control over the caching platform and, with no more than a click, you will be able to delete the cached content, to check a log or to reboot an instance.
Varnish in VPS Servers
You can use the workload balancing potential of Varnish with all our Linux VPS servers in case you pick Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. The platform is available by default and the memory that it will be able to use to cache your site content depends upon the specific Virtual Private Server plan that you’ve selected, but even with the lower-end plans, you’ll have no less than several hundred megabytes of memory at your disposal solely for data caching purposes. This amount is sufficient to boost the overall performance of multiple websites. It will take a little time for you to notice the effects, as Varnish caches the content that visitors access, but shortly after that you will notice the considerably decreased load on the virtual machine and the increased Internet site loading speed. The Varnish caching platform will permit you to use a lower-end plan for websites that would normally require a more expensive hosting service.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
If you want a powerful web hosting solution and you acquire any of the Linux dedicated service offered by our company, you’ll be able to use the Varnish content caching platform to improve the work of your Internet sites at no additional charge as long as the server is ordered with our innovative Hepsia Control Panel. Its simple-to-use interface will allow you to keep track of system processes, to clear the cached data or to reboot any instance with a click. The minimal amount of memory that Varnish can use to cache website content is 3 GB, which is quite enough for a huge collection of large-sized websites, so your dedicated server will be able to deal with a substantial load while your visitors are enjoying a seamless browsing experience. As your dedicated server will include several different dedicated IPs, you’ll be able to make use of Varnish’s maximum potential.