Varnish is a website accelerator platform, which caches info for faster access. It’s occasionally referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and it interacts between a web server and its users. When a site visitor loads a certain web page, its content is requested by the Internet browser, and then the web server handles this request and delivers the necessary data. If Varnish is activated for a specific site, it will cache its pages at the very first visit and in case the user visits a cached page again, the info will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the web server. The boosted load speed is an end result of the considerably faster response time that Varnish offers compared to any server software. At the same time, this does not mean that the site visitors will continue seeing the exact same content over and over again, since any update on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform keeps in its system memory.
Varnish in Shared Hosting
In case you host your sites in a shared hosting account with our company, you’ll be able to add Varnish with several clicks from your Control Panel. The platform is offered as an optional upgrade with all our shared plans and you can choose how many sites will use it and the total storage space that will be used for the cached data. The two features that can be upgraded in the Upgrades section of the Control Panel are the amount of memory and the number of instances and they’re not linked directly to each other, so you can decide whether you want lots of memory for one single large-size site or less memory for several smaller ones. You can take advantage of the full potential of the Varnish caching platform if the sites use a dedicated IP address. Using the hosting Control Panel, you can swiftly start/restart/cancel an instance, delete the cached files independently for each website that uses Varnish or check an elaborate system log file.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we’re offering will allow you to use Varnish as soon as your brand-new semi-dedicated server account has been activated, 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 make use of this load balancing software once your website has been taken online. If you are in need of more memory, you can add 32 MB at a time from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated machine instantly. You can also increase the number of the sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not linked directly to the amount of memory that you use, which goes to say that you’ll have more versatility. The Varnish platform will seriously decrease the load on the server generated by your sites, so your visitors can enjoy fast-loading pages. You’ll be able to manage Varnish with ease from your Control Panel using fast-access controls. You’ll be able to start/terminate any of the instances that you have, to clear the cache for any of your sites or to see system logs.
Varnish in VPS Hosting
You can use Varnish with all our virtual private server plans at no additional cost, as the content caching platform is pre-installed and is available by default. The only prerequisite is that the Virtual Private Server must be ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you’ll be able to set up Varnish for any of your Internet sites with just a couple of clicks. Each Virtual Private Server plan features a different amount of system memory for data caching purposes, but you’ll have no less than several hundred megabytes, which is quite sufficient even for multiple popular websites. Soon after you enable Varnish, it will begin caching the content that your website visitors request, so you will notice the significantly faster page load speeds and the lowered load on the machine very soon. The caching platform will allow you to use a less expensive VPS, since you will not need that much power to ensure the uninterrupted operation of your sites even if you run resource-demanding websites with lots of visitors. Optimal results are accomplished if the websites that use the Varnish platform use also a dedicated IP address.
Varnish in Dedicated Web Hosting
All Linux dedicated hosting services that are ordered with the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel come with Varnish, which is among the pre-installed platforms that you’ll get with the machine. The Varnish caching platform can be activated and managed without efforts via Hepsia’s simple-to-use graphical interface and, with no more than one click of the mouse, you can see a comprehensive log, add or reboot an instance, clear the cached files for any website and much, much more. Shortly after you configure Varnish for a specific domain or subdomain, it will start caching the pages opened by the website visitors and once it has cached enough content, you’ll witness a considerably better site performance and a lowered server load. With Varnish-dedicated virtual memory starting at 3 gigabytes, you will be able to use the platform for load balancing purposes even if you run a vast number of sites on the machine.