Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches information for the sake of quicker access. It’s sometimes referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy too and it interacts between a web server and an Internet browser. When a website visitor accesses a given webpage, its content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the server processes this browser request and delivers the necessary information. If Varnish is activated for a certain website, it will cache its pages on the first request and in case the visitor opens a cached page once again, the information will be delivered by the accelerator platform instead of the server. The increased loading speed is an end result of the considerably faster response time that the Varnish platform offers compared with any server software. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the visitors will keep being served the same content over and over again, because any modification on any of the web pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform saves in its system memory.
Varnish in Web Hosting
Varnish is offered as an optional upgrade with each and every web hosting and if you would like to use it, you can add it to your web hosting account through the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia Control Panel. There are two separate features that can be upgraded – the 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 available in increments of 32 MB, pertains to the maximum amount of data that the data caching platform can cache at any given moment. The Hepsia Control Panel’s user-friendly interface will permit you to shut down or to restart any instance, to check exhaustive logs or to delete the platform’s cache with just one mouse click. For best results, you can use a dedicated IP address for the Internet sites that will use the platform. With Varnish, your site will load considerably faster, which means more satisfied visitors and potential customers.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Varnish caching platform is an essential part of the standard set of services that you will acquire in case you decide to host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account. You can set it up for any of your sites through our avant-garde Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The default amount of system memory that the Varnish platform can use to cache content is 64 megabytes, but if you decide that you need more, you can upgrade this amount from the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. You can also upgrade the Varnish instances, i.e. the number of the websites that can use this platform at the same time. As these two features aren’t tied to each other, you can use a couple of instances with the default memory or you can get more memory in increments of 32 MB and use all of it for a single web site. The Varnish caching platform works best when you assign a dedicated IP address to the Internet sites that utilize its power. Hepsia will provide you with a simple way of rebooting any instance. Furthermore, you’ll be able to clear the cached contents with only a click.
Varnish in VPS Servers
The Varnish content caching platform is included by default with each of the VPS servers that we’re offering given that the VPS is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you can boost the work of your websites with only a few clicks. The more powerful the package, the more memory will be available to Varnish, but even with a lower-end package, the caching platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you own several websites, you’ll notice a substantial decrease in the overall server load and a much faster web page loading speed. The Varnish platform will need to work for a while as the users browse the website and once the content has been cached, you’ll notice the results. One of the pros of using Varnish is that a lower-end and less costly Virtual Private Server plan will accomplish the very same job as a more high-priced one without the platform, so not only will your Internet sites work significantly better, but you will also spare a certain amount of cash.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
You can employ Varnish in order to optimize the speed of any site that’s hosted on a dedicated server from us if the Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed on it. Not only will you get the content caching platform ready to be used at no extra cost, but you will also have complete control over it through the Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-use GUI. It’ll take just one single click of the mouse to start or remove an instance or to delete the cached data associated with any Internet site that’s using Varnish and in case you’re more tech-savvy, you can also view the platform’s system logs. Varnish comes with at least 3 gigabytes of virtual memory for site content caching purposes, so even in case you run a huge number of websites on your machine and they all use the caching platform, the difference in their performance will be observable. You’ll just have to wait for a while until Varnish caches whatever content the visitors access on their end. The platform performs best when the websites use a dedicated IP, but due to the fact that our dedicated servers include 3 charge-free IP addresses, you will have everything you need.