Varnish is a web application accelerator platform, which caches content for the sake of faster access. It is occasionally called a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and an Internet browser. When a site visitor opens a specific web page, its content is requested by the web browser, and then the server handles this request and sends back the required info. If Varnish is activated for a particular website, it will cache the pages on the first visit and in case the user opens a cached page once again, the info will be delivered by the accelerator platform instead of the server. The accelerated speed is a result of the considerably faster response time that Varnish offers as compared with any web server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the users will keep seeing the exact same content over and over again, as any change on any of the web pages is reflected in the content that Varnish stores in its system memory.
Varnish in Shared Hosting
In case you host your Internet sites under a shared hosting account with our company, you will be able to add Varnish with several clicks via your hosting Control Panel. The data caching platform is available as an upgrade with all our packages and you can choose the number of the websites that will use it and the maximum storage space that will be available for the cached content. The two features that can be upgraded in the Upgrades section of the Control Panel are the amount of system memory and the number of instances and they aren’t directly linked to each other, so you can decide whether you want plenty of memory for a single large-scale website or less memory for several smaller ones. You can take advantage of the full potential of the Varnish platform in case the sites use a dedicated IP. Using the hosting Control Panel, you can quickly start/restart/deactivate an instance, clear the cached data independently for each site that employs Varnish or see a detailed log.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
The semi-dedicated servers that we’re offering will permit you to use Varnish once your brand-new semi-dedicated account is active, as the platform is offered by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the second your account is enabled, so you can use this load distribution software as soon as your site has been published to the web. If you need more system memory, you can order 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated machine straight away. 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 system memory that you use, which means that you will enjoy more freedom. The caching platform will immensely decrease the load on the semi-dedicated machine caused by your websites, so your site visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You’ll be able to manage the Varnish platform with no effort through your Control Panel using fast-access controls. You’ll be able to start/shut down any of the instances that you’ve got, to delete the cached files for any of your Internet sites or to see system log files.
Varnish in VPS Servers
You can use the workload balancing potential of Varnish with all our Linux VPS plans when you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. The Varnish data caching platform comes by default and the amount of system memory that it will be able to use to cache the content of your websites is dependent upon the particular VPS package that you have picked, but even with the less powerful packages, you’ll have at least several hundred MB of memory at your disposal only for data caching purposes. This amount is enough to optimize the overall performance of numerous websites. It’ll take a little time for you to see the results, as the Varnish platform caches the content that website visitors browse, but shortly after that you will notice the considerably decreased load on the VPS server and the enhanced Internet site load speed. The Varnish caching platform will allow you to use a less powerful Virtual Private Server plan for sites which would normally require a more pricey web hosting solution.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
If you want the most powerful website hosting solution and you order one of the Linux dedicated web hosting plans that we offer, you will be able to use the Varnish platform to enhance the performance of your Internet sites at no extra cost as long as the dedicated machine is ordered with our innovative Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Its simple-to-work-with graphical interface will permit you to monitor system processes, to clear the cached content or to restart any instance with one single click of the mouse. The minimum amount of memory that the Varnish platform can use to cache Internet site content is 3 gigabytes, which is quite enough for an immense selection of traffic-intensive sites, so your dedicated server will be able to handle a colossal load while your visitors are enjoying a smooth browsing experience. As your dedicated machine will come with several different dedicated IPs, you will be able to use Varnish’s full capacity.