Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches information for faster response times. It’s occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy as well and it interacts between a web server and an Internet browser. When a website visitor accesses a given page, its content is requested by the web browser, and then the web server handles this request and returns the necessary information. If Varnish is activated for a certain site, it will cache the pages on the first visit and if the user accesses a cached page once more, the info will be delivered by the caching platform and not by the web server. The accelerated loading speed is a result of the much faster response speed that the Varnish platform offers as compared with any web server software. Of course, this does not mean that the site visitors will keep being served the same content again and again, since any change on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform stores in its memory.

Varnish in Cloud Web Hosting

Varnish is offered as an optional upgrade with each of our cloud web hosting. You can add it to your hosting account from the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all shared packages and you’ll get a really easy-to-use interface, which will grant you full control over the data caching system. Using one-click fast-access buttons, you can reboot or discontinue any of the instances, in other words – Varnish will no longer be enabled for a specific website. You can also view an exhaustive system log file or clear the cache associated with any of the websites. When you add Varnish to your hosting plan, you will be able to choose the total amount of system memory that will be available to you for content caching purposes and the number of the websites that will use Varnish. You can always order more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for optimal performance, you can get a dedicated IP address for the sites that will use Varnish. This will enable you to take full advantage of your sites and to have plenty of gratified website users.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The semi-dedicated servers offered by our company will permit you to use Varnish once your brand new semi-dedicated account has been created, since the caching platform is available by default. 64 MB of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the second your account is activated, so you can use this load distribution software as soon as your website has been launched. In case you are in need of more system memory, you can order 32 MB at a time from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section 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 bound directly to the amount of system memory that you use, which goes to say that you’ll enjoy more versatility. The Varnish caching platform will immensely lower the load on the semi-dedicated server that your sites cause, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You will be able to manage the Varnish platform with ease through the Hepsia Control Panel using fast-access controls. You’ll be able to start/shut down any of the instances that you have, to clear the cached content for any of your Internet sites or to view system log files.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

You can employ Varnish to speed up any site that’s hosted on a dedicated server with our company when the Hepsia hosting Control Panel is pre-installed on it. Not only will you get the caching platform ready to be used at no extra charge, but you will also exert full control over it through the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-work-with GUI. It’ll take just one click of the mouse to start or stop an instance or to delete the cache for any website that’s using the Varnish platform and if you’re more advanced, you can also see the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with at least 3 gigabytes of system memory for website content caching purposes, so even in case you run plenty of websites on your server and they all use the platform, the improvement in their overall performance will be noticeable. You will only need to wait for a while till Varnish caches whatever web pages the visitors access on their end. The platform performs best if the sites use a dedicated IP, but considering the fact that our dedicated servers come with 3 cost-free IP addresses, you’ll have all that you need.