Varnish is a web app accelerator platform, which caches info for faster response times. It is occasionally called a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and it interacts between a web server and a web browser. When a website visitor loads a specific page, the content is requested by the browser, and then the web server processes this request and sends back the requested info. If Varnish is activated for a certain website, it will cache its pages on the first request and if the user visits a cached page again, the info will be delivered by the caching platform and not by the web server. The improved speed is an end result of the much faster response time that Varnish offers as compared with any web server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the website visitors will continue seeing the exact same content over and over again, because any update on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform stores in its system memory.
Varnish in Shared Hosting
Our company offers Varnish as an optional upgrade with each and every shared hosting service and if you wish to use it, you can add it to your shared hosting account via the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia Control Panel. There are two different things that can be upgraded – the number of instances and the memory. The first one refers to the number of the websites that you’d like to employ Varnish for, whereas the second, which is offered in increments of 32 MB, shows the total amount of data that the platform can store at any particular time. The Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-work-with graphical interface will enable you to discontinue or to reboot any instance, to see in-depth system logs or to get rid of the platform’s cache with just click of the mouse. For optimum results, you can use a dedicated IP address for the Internet sites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your website will load substantially faster, meaning more satisfied website users and prospective clients.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
Varnish is a feature, which is included by default with all semi-dedicated servers offered by our company and you can use it for load distribution purposes. It is available in your Hepsia Control Panel. The Varnish data caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached content storing purposes and you can employ it with any site that you host in the semi-dedicated server account. In case you’re in need of more than that, you can increase the system memory allowance. The memory itself is available in increments of 32 megabytes through the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The very same Upgrades section will enable you to enable more instances as well, in case you would like to use the Varnish caching platform with multiple Internet sites. The two things can be added separately – you can cache the content of a single resource-requiring site or run a number of Internet sites with the default memory allowance. You can get the most out of Varnish in case you use a dedicated IP and you can get one with your semi-dedicated plan as well. Hepsia will grant you total control over the platform and, with no more than one single mouse click, you will be able to clear the cached data, to see a log or to reboot an instance.
Varnish in VPS Servers
We provide Varnish with all of the Hepsia-managed VPS web hosting service, so in case you buy a server with this web hosting Control Panel, you will be able to take full advantage of the content caching platform at no extra cost. Varnish can use different amounts of system memory for data caching purposes based on the particular server configuration that you’ve selected during the server order process, but at any rate, this amount won’t be less than several hundred megabytes. This is quite enough to optimize the work of a number of popular websites, so the faster website loading speeds and the lowered load on the VPS will be perceptible. The effect may not be distinguishable immediately, as the Varnish platform will require some time to cache the content that visitors access, but soon after you activate it, you’ll perceive its full potential. This caching platform will permit you to use a less powerful Virtual Private Server and to give less money to get the same performance you’d get with a more powerful virtual machine without Varnish.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
You can employ Varnish to increase the speed of any site that’s hosted on a dedicated server from our company when the Hepsia Control Panel is pre-installed on the machine. Not only will you get the caching platform ready for use at no extra charge, but you will also exert full control over it through Hepsia’s intuitive graphical interface. It’ll take only one single click to start or delete an instance or to clear the cached data associated with any website that is using the Varnish platform and if you’re more tech-savvy, you can also view the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with at least three gigabytes of system memory for data caching purposes, so even in case you run plenty of Internet sites on your machine and they all use the Varnish caching platform, the difference in their overall performance will be distinguishable. You’ll simply have to wait for a little while until Varnish caches whatever content the site visitors browse on their end. The Varnish platform performs best when the Internet sites use a dedicated IP address, but due to the fact that our servers include three free-of-charge IPs, you will have all that you need.