Varnish is a web app accelerator tool, which has been gaining a lot in popularity lately, as it can increase the loading speed of any Internet site, sometimes even by 100%, based on the content itself. This tool is occasionally called a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and is used to lower the overall load on the physical machine and to accelerate the browsing speed for the website visitors. Whenever a visitor accesses a page on a certain website, the browser request is processed by the web server and the requested information is sent as a reply. If the Varnish accelerator is enabled, it caches the web pages that the website visitor browses and if any of them is accessed again, it is fetched by Varnish and not by the web server directly. The performance increase comes from the fact that the accelerator processes the web requests substantially quicker than any web server, which leads to much faster browsing speeds for the users. In case any data is edited meanwhile, the cached web pages will also be ‘refreshed’ the next time someone tries to access them.

Varnish in Hosting

You can take advantage of Varnish’s full potential and boost the loading speed of your sites irrespective of the hosting package that you have picked and you can add and set up the content caching platform with several clicks through the intuitive GUI offered by our avant-garde Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In the meantime, you’ll be able to choose two separate things – how many sites will employ Varnish, in other words – the number of instances, and how much info will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory. The latter is offered in increments of 32 MB and is not tied to the number of instances, so you can use more instances and less memory and vice versa. In case you have a lot of content on a particular Internet site and you gain plenty of site visitors, more system memory will give you better results. You may also consider using a dedicated IP for the Internet sites that will use Varnish. The Hepsia Control Panel will offer you simple 1-click controls for removing or rebooting any instance, for clearing the cache for each site and for seeing detailed system logs.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The semi-dedicated hosting offered by our company will allow you to employ Varnish as soon as your new semi-dedicated account has been opened, as the content caching platform is available by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the moment your account is enabled, so you can take advantage of this load balancing software as soon as you launch your website. In case you are in need of more memory, you can add 32 megabytes at a time from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated machine immediately. You can also increase the number of the Internet sites that use Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly linked to the amount of memory that you use, which suggests that you will enjoy more freedom. The caching platform will greatly reduce the server load that your websites generate, so your visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You’ll be able to manage the Varnish caching platform without effort from the Hepsia Control Panel using quick-access controls. You will be able to start/shut down any of the instances that you’ve got, to clear the cached content for any of your sites or to see system log files.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

We provide Varnish with all of the Hepsia-managed Linux VPS web hosting, so if you get a VPS with this hosting Control Panel, you’ll be able to make the most of the caching platform at no extra cost. The Varnish platform can utilize different amounts of memory for caching purposes based on the very plan that you have selected during the server order process, but in any case, this amount will not be less than several hundred megabytes. This is more than enough to enhance the work of a number of popular Internet sites, so the better page browsing speeds and the lowered load on your virtual server will be discernible. The effect may not be apparent straight away, as Varnish will require a certain amount of time to cache the content that users access, but shortly after you activate it, you will perceive its full potential. This caching platform will allow you to use a less powerful VPS and to give less cash to get the same performance you would get with a higher-end machine without Varnish.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

If you want a more powerful website hosting solution and you obtain one of the Linux dedicated servers hosting offered by our company, you will be able to use the Varnish data caching platform to improve the overall performance of your sites at no additional cost on the condition that the dedicated machine is ordered with our leading-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Its intuitive graphical interface will permit you to monitor system processes, to clear the cached content or to restart any instance with a click. The smallest amount of memory that Varnish can use to cache content is three gigabytes, which is more than enough for an enormous selection of resource-hungry sites, so your dedicated server will be able to deal with a substantial load while your Internet site visitors are having a smooth browsing experience. Since your machine will include several dedicated IPs, you’ll be able to make use of Varnish’s full capacity.