Varnish is a web app accelerator tool, which has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, because it can increase the speed of any site, at times even by 100%, depending on the content. This tool is occasionally referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and is used to decrease the overall load on the server and to boost the access speed for the website visitors. Anytime a visitor loads a page on a particular site, the browser request is processed by the web server and the requested data is delivered as a response. If the Varnish accelerator is enabled, it caches the pages that the visitor browses and if any of them is opened once again, it’s fetched by Varnish and not by the server directly. The performance increase comes from the fact that the accelerator processes the web requests considerably quicker than any web server, which results in much faster browsing speeds for the visitors. If any data is edited in the meantime, the cached webpages will also be updated the next time somebody tries to open them.
Varnish in Shared Web Hosting
Varnish is offered as an optional upgrade with each shared web hosting service and if you want to use it, you can add it to your hosting account using the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. There are two separate features that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. The first one pertains to the number of the websites that you’d like to employ Varnish for, whereas the second, which comes in increments of 32 MB, displays the total amount of content that the content caching platform can store at any given time. The Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-use GUI will allow you to switch off or to restart any instance, to check in-depth system logs or to erase the platform’s cache with just one click. For optimum results, you can employ a dedicated IP for the websites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your site will load substantially faster, meaning more satisfied users and prospective customers.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Linux semi-dedicated hosting services that we offer will allow you to employ Varnish as soon as your new semi-dedicated server account has been activated, since the content caching platform comes by default. 64 MB of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the moment your account is enabled, so you can use this load balancing software as soon as your website has been launched. If you need more system memory, you can get 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated machine right away. You can also increase the number of the sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not bound directly to the amount of system memory that you use, which goes to say that you’ll enjoy more versatility. The platform will considerably reduce the load on the semi-dedicated machine that your websites generate, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You’ll be able to manage the Varnish platform with no effort via the Hepsia Control Panel using quick-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/terminate any of the instances that you have, to delete the cache associated with any of your sites or to see system logs.
Varnish in VPS Web Hosting
You can take advantage of Varnish with any of our virtual private server packages at no extra charge, since the caching platform is pre-installed and is offered by default. The sole precondition is that the Virtual Private Server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you will be able to activate Varnish for any of your Internet sites with just a few mouse clicks. Each VPS plan features a different amount of memory for data caching purposes, but you’ll get at least several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient enough even for multiple resource-consuming Internet sites. Shortly after you set up Varnish, it’ll begin caching the content that your site visitors browse, so you will notice the substantially faster Internet site loading times and the decreased load on your virtual server very soon. The Varnish platform will allow you to use a less expensive virtual server, as you will not require that many resources to warrant the correct operation of your websites even if you’ve got resource-intensive sites with numerous visitors. Optimum results are accomplished if the websites that use Varnish also use a dedicated IP.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting
You can employ Varnish in order to enhance the load speed of any website that’s hosted on a dedicated server with our company if the Hepsia Control Panel is installed on it. Not only will you get the caching platform ready for use at no extra cost, but you’ll also have total control over it through Hepsia’s user-friendly interface. It’ll take just one click to start or delete an instance or to delete the cached content for any Internet site that’s using the Varnish platform and in case you are more trained, you can also see the platform’s logs. Varnish comes with at least 3 GB of virtual memory for caching purposes, so even in case you host a large number of Internet sites on your dedicated machine and they all use the Varnish platform, the difference in their overall performance will be observable. You’ll only need to wait for a little while until Varnish caches whatever web pages the visitors open on their end. The platform performs best if the websites use a dedicated IP, but considering the fact that our dedicated servers come with 3 free-of-charge IPs, you will have all that you need.