Varnish is a content caching platform, which is sometimes referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. It is a web application accelerator tool that can increase the speed of a site by up to 1000 percent, based on its content. Whenever a visitor opens any page on a website that uses Varnish, the platform caches the page and delivers it instead of the web server in case the visitor loads it again. Thus, the web browser request from the visitor is not processed by the web server and the page will open significantly faster, as the Varnish caching platform can deliver data many times faster than any server software. The result will be a much faster loading page, which leads to an immensely improved browsing experience. In case any of the cached pages is updated on the live website, the content that Varnish stores in its memory is updated as well, so the visitors will not see out-of-date information.

Varnish in Shared Website Hosting

You can use Varnish’s full potential and enhance your websites’ speed regardless of the shared website hosting plan that you have chosen and you can add and set up the content caching platform with a couple of clicks through the easy-to-use GUI offered by our next-gen Hepsia hosting Control Panel. During the procedure, you will be able to choose two different things – how many Internet sites will use the Varnish platform, i.e. the number of instances, and how much content will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory. The latter is available in increments of 32 MB and is not linked to the number of instances, so you can add more instances with less memory and the other way around. If you have lots of content on a given website and you attract numerous site visitors, more system memory will guarantee you better results. You may also consider using a dedicated IP address for the Internet sites that will use the Varnish caching platform. Hepsia will provide you with easy one-click controls for deactivating or restarting any instance, for clearing the cache for each site and for seeing in-depth logs.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Varnish comes as standard with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer and you can use it for load balancing purposes. It’s available in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The Varnish content caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached data storing purposes and you can use it with any site that you host in your account. In case you’re in need of more, you can increase the system memory quota. The memory itself is offered in increments of 32 megabytes through the Upgrades section of the Control Panel. The very same section will enable you to add more instances as well, if you wish to use the Varnish caching platform with more Internet sites. The two things can be ordered separately – you can cache the content of one single large site or run a number of Internet sites with the default memory allowance. You can take full advantage of the Varnish platform if you have a dedicated IP and you can get one with your semi-dedicated plan as well. The Hepsia Control Panel will grant you full control over the platform and, with no more than a click, you’ll be able to clear the cached files, to check a system log file or to restart an instance.

Varnish in VPS

The Varnish caching platform is included by default with each of the VPS that we’re offering as long as the server is ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you can boost the work of your sites with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. The more powerful the plan, the more memory will be available to Varnish, but even with a low-end plan, the platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you own a handful of sites, you’ll notice a serious reduction in the server load and a significantly faster page loading speed. The Varnish platform will have to work for a little while while the users browse the pages and as soon as the site content has been cached, you will notice the results. One of the upsides of employing Varnish is that a lower-end and less pricey package will do the very same job as a more pricey one without the platform, so not only will your sites perform substantially better, but you will also spare a certain amount of cash.

Varnish in Dedicated Hosting

All Linux dedicated hosting that are ordered with the tailor-made Hepsia web hosting Control Panel include Varnish, which is among the pre-installed platforms that you will get with the machine. The Varnish platform can be enabled and managed effortlessly from the Hepsia Control Panel’s user-friendly GUI and, with no more than one mouse click, you can see a comprehensive system log, add or reboot an instance, clear the cached content for any website and much, much more. Shortly after you configure Varnish for a particular domain or subdomain, it will begin caching the pages opened by your site visitors and as soon as it has cached enough web content, you will observe a substantially faster site performance and a reduced load on the machine. With Varnish-dedicated virtual memory starting at three gigabytes, you’ll be able to use the software platform for load distribution purposes even if you run an immense number of Internet sites on the dedicated server.