Varnish is a data caching platform, which is sometimes referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy. It is a web app accelerator tool that can increase the loading speed of a site by up to 1000%, based on the content itself. Every time a visitor accesses any page on a website that uses Varnish, the platform caches the page and delivers it instead of the web server when the visitor opens it again. Thus, the web browser request from the visitor is not handled by the server and the web page will load considerably faster, since the Varnish caching platform can serve data many times faster than any server software. The end result will be a significantly faster loading page, which leads to a much-improved visitor experience. In case any of the cached webpages is updated on the actual site, the info that Varnish caches in its system memory is ‘refreshed’ as well, so the users will never see old information.
Varnish in Cloud Web Hosting
If you host your sites in a cloud web hosting account with our company, you will be able to add Varnish with several clicks from your hosting Control Panel. The caching platform comes as an upgrade with all our hosting 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 data. The two upgradeable features in the Upgrades section of the Control Panel are the amount of system memory and the number of instances and they’re not tied directly to each other, so you can choose whether you want plenty of memory for a single large-sized website or less memory for several smaller ones. You can unlock the full potential of Varnish in case the sites use a dedicated IP address. Using the hosting Control Panel, you can easily start/restart/stop an instance, clear the cached content independently for each website that uses Varnish or see a comprehensive log.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Linux semi-dedicated hosting offered by our company will allow you to employ Varnish once your new semi-dedicated server account has been set up, as the caching platform comes by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the moment your account is activated, so you can use this load balancing software as soon as your site has been taken online. If you need more memory, you can get 32 MB at a time from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated server in a flash. You can also increase the number of the Internet sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly tied to the amount of system memory that you use, which suggests that you’ll enjoy more flexibility. The Varnish caching platform will immensely decrease the load on the server caused by your websites, so your website visitors can enjoy fast-loading pages. You’ll be able to manage the Varnish platform without efforts through the Hepsia Control Panel using quick-access controls. You’ll be able to start/terminate any of the instances that you’ve got, to delete the cached data associated with any of your Internet sites or to see system log files.
Varnish in VPS Web Hosting
You can use Varnish with each of our virtual private server plans at no extra fee, since the content caching platform is pre-installed and is offered by default. The sole prerequisite is that the virtual server must be ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, through which you will be able to activate Varnish for any of your Internet sites with just a couple of mouse clicks. Each package comes with a different amount of memory for content caching purposes, but you’ll have at least several hundred MB, which is enough even for multiple large-size websites. Soon after you enable the Varnish platform, it will begin caching the content that your website visitors browse, so you will notice the significantly better Internet site load speeds and the reduced load in no time. The platform will permit you to use a less costly server, as you won’t need that much power to guarantee the uninterrupted operation of your sites even if you have large-sized sites with many visitors. Maximum results are achieved if the sites which use the Varnish caching platform use also a dedicated IP address.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting
In case you order a dedicated server with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you’ll obtain the Varnish data caching platform at no extra charge and you’ll have full control over it through a quite intuitive graphical interface – you will be able to start, to cancel or to reboot an instance, to browse a comprehensive system log, to delete the cached files associated with any Internet site and much more. The Varnish caching platform will have several gigabytes of system memory at its disposal, so even if you own resource-demanding Internet sites with lots of visitors, you’ll notice the significantly better page loading speeds and the reduced load on your dedicated server. This will happen shortly after you begin using the Varnish platform, as it will need a certain amount of time to cache the pages that visitors access. You can take full advantage of the platform’s capabilities in case the sites that are using it also use a dedicated IP, but due to the fact that your server includes several IPs by default, you will not have to pay anything on top of the monthly charge for the server itself.