Varnish is a web accelerator tool, which has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, because it can increase the speed of any site, sometimes even by 100 percent, based on the content itself. This tool is occasionally referred to as an HTTP reverse proxy too and is used to decrease the overall load on the physical server and to enhance the browsing speed for the website visitors. Every time a visitor accesses a page on a specific website, the web browser request is taken care of by the web server and the requested information is sent as a reply. If Varnish is enabled, it caches the web pages that the visitor opens and in case any of them is opened once more, it is delivered by Varnish and not by the server directly. The performance increase is due to the fact that the accelerator handles the web requests tremendously quicker than any web server, which results in much faster browsing speeds for the website visitors. If any content is updated in the meantime, the cached pages will also be ‘refreshed’ the next time somebody attempts to open them.

Varnish in Shared Web Hosting

Varnish comes as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux shared web hosting. You can add it to your account through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with all shared web hosting packages and you’ll get a pretty simple-to-work-with interface, which will give you full control over the caching platform. Using one-click fast-access buttons, you can restart or turn off any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer be enabled for a specific website. You can also check a comprehensive log file or erase the cache for any of the websites. When you add Varnish to your shared hosting plan, you will be able to select the maximum amount of memory that will be at your disposal for caching purposes and how many sites will use Varnish. You can always order more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for optimum performance, you can assign a dedicated IP address to the websites that will use Varnish. This will enable you to get the most out of your Internet sites and to have a lot of gratified users.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Linux semi-dedicated plans that we offer will allow you to use Varnish once your brand-new semi-dedicated account has been activated, since the content caching platform is offered by default. 64 MB of system memory will be allocated to Varnish the moment your account is enabled, so you can make use of this load distribution software once your website has been published online. If you need more memory, you can get 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated machine straight away. You can also increase the number of the websites that use Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly bound to the amount of system memory that you use, which suggests that you will have more freedom. The Varnish platform will noticeably lower the load on the semi-dedicated machine produced by your sites, so your website visitors can enjoy fast-loading web pages. You’ll be able to manage Varnish with no effort through the Hepsia Control Panel using quick-access buttons. You’ll be able to start/cancel any of the instances that you’ve got, to delete the cached data associated with any of your sites or to see system logs.

Varnish in VPS Servers

The Varnish platform is included by default with all VPS servers that we’re offering on the condition that the Virtual Private Server is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you can boost the overall performance of your sites with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. The more powerful the plan, the more system memory Varnish will have at its disposal, but even with a less powerful package, the platform will be able to utilize several hundred megabytes, so even if you own several different websites, you will notice a significant decrease in the server load and a significantly faster page loading speed. The platform will need to work for a while as the visitors browse the pages and once the site content has been cached, you will notice the effects. One of the benefits of employing Varnish is that a lower-end and less pricey plan will accomplish the same job as a more pricey one without the platform, so not only will your sites perform considerably better, but you’ll also spare a certain amount of cash.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers

You can employ Varnish in order to enhance the speed of any site that is hosted on a dedicated server from our company when the Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed on it. Not only will you get the platform ready to be used at no additional cost, but you’ll also have full control over it through Hepsia’s user-friendly graphical interface. It will take just one single click of the mouse to start or stop an instance or to delete the cached files for any site that is using the Varnish platform and if you are more practiced, you can also check the platform’s logs. Varnish comes with no less than 3 GB of system memory for content caching purposes, so even if you host lots of websites on your machine and they all use the Varnish caching platform, the difference in their overall performance will be observable. You’ll just need to wait for a while till Varnish caches whatever pages the visitors browse on their end. The platform performs best when the websites use a dedicated IP address, but considering the fact that our servers include three free-of-cost IP addresses, you will have everything you need.