Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches information for quicker response times. It is sometimes called an HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and an Internet browser. When a visitor loads a certain webpage, its content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the server processes this browser request and delivers the requested content. If Varnish is enabled for a given site, it will cache its pages at the first visit and in case the user accesses a cached page once again, the info will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the server. The improved speed is a result of the substantially faster response speed that Varnish offers compared with any server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the visitors will continue 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 caches in its system memory.

Varnish in Hosting

Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with all our Linux hosting. You can add it to your website hosting account from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all shared packages and you’ll get a really simple-to-use graphical interface, which will give you complete control over the data caching platform. Using 1-click fast-access buttons, you can reboot or terminate any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer be enabled for a given site. You can also check a detailed system log or clear the cache for any of the Internet sites. When you add Varnish to your hosting package, you will be able to choose the total amount of memory that will be available to you for data caching purposes and the number of the websites that will use Varnish. You can always add more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for optimum performance, you can assign a dedicated IP to the sites that will use Varnish. This will allow you to take full advantage of your websites and to have a lot of pleased website visitors.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The semi-dedicated hosting plans that we are offering will allow you to employ Varnish as soon as your brand new account has been opened, as the platform is offered by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the second your account is activated, so you can take advantage of this workload distribution software as soon as your website has been published on the Internet. If you are in need of more system memory, you can add 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated machine in an instant. You can also increase the number of the Internet sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly bound to the amount of system memory that you use, which goes to say that you’ll enjoy more freedom. The Varnish platform will immensely decrease the load on the machine produced by your websites, so your visitors can enjoy fast-loading pages. You will be able to manage the Varnish caching platform without effort from your Hepsia Control Panel using quick-access buttons. You will be able to start/remove any of the instances that you’ve got, to clear the cached files associated with any of your Internet sites or to view system log files.

Varnish in VPS Servers

You can use Varnish with each of our VPS server packages at no extra charge, as the caching platform is pre-installed and is included by default. The one and only requirement is that the Virtual Private Server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you will be able to set up Varnish for any of your sites with just a couple of clicks. Each Virtual Private Server plan offers a different amount of memory for caching purposes, but you will get at least several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient enough even for several resource-intensive Internet sites. Soon after you activate the Varnish platform, it will begin caching the content that your site visitors access, so you will notice the much faster Internet site loading speeds and the decreased load on the virtual server very soon. The platform will permit you to use a less high-priced virtual server, since you will not require that much power to sustain the proper operation of your sites even if you’ve got resource-intensive sites with many visitors. Best results are accomplished if the Internet sites that use Varnish also use a dedicated IP.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

If you need a powerful website hosting solution and you buy any of the dedicated servers offered by us, you will be able to use the Varnish caching platform to optimize the performance of your sites at no extra cost on the condition that the dedicated machine is ordered with our avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel. Its simple-to-use interface will permit you to monitor system processes, to delete the cached contents or to reboot any instance with one click of the mouse. The minimum amount of memory that the Varnish caching platform can use to cache website content is three gigabytes, which is more than enough for a large collection of resource-hungry websites, so your dedicated server will be able to deal with an enormous system load while your Internet site visitors are enjoying a seamless browsing experience. Since your server will include a number of dedicated IPs, you will be able to use Varnish’s full capacity.