Varnish is a web app accelerator platform, which caches information for quicker access. It’s sometimes called an HTTP reverse proxy too and it works between a web server and a browser. When a website visitor accesses a given webpage, the content is requested by the web browser, and then the server handles this browser request and sends back the necessary data. If Varnish is activated for a given site, it will cache the pages on the first visit and in case the visitor opens a cached page again, the content will be delivered by the caching platform instead of the web server. The improved load speed is a result of the considerably faster response speed that Varnish offers as compared with any web server software. Of course, this does not mean that the website visitors will continue seeing the very same content over and over again, as any modification on any of the pages is reflected in the content that the Varnish platform stores in its memory.

Varnish in Shared Website Hosting

Varnish is offered as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux shared website hosting. You can add it to your hosting account through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is available with all shared web hosting plans and you will get a truly user-friendly interface, which will give you full control over the caching system. Using 1-click quick-access controls, you can restart or terminate any of the instances, i.e. Varnish will no longer be enabled for a certain Internet site. You can also view a detailed log or erase the cache for any of the websites. When you add Varnish to your shared web hosting package, you’ll be able to choose the total amount of system memory that will be at your disposal for caching purposes and how many sites will use Varnish. You can always get more memory in increments of 32 megabytes and, for optimum performance, you can assign a dedicated IP to the websites that will use Varnish. This will allow you to get the most out of your Internet sites and to have a lot of pleased users.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer will permit you to employ Varnish as soon as your brand-new semi-dedicated server account has been created, as the data caching platform comes by default. 64 megabytes of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the moment your account is activated, so you can take advantage of this load distribution software once your website has been launched. If you’re in need of more system memory, you can get 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and it will be allocated to your semi-dedicated machine 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 goes to say that you’ll enjoy more flexibility. The platform will substantially decrease the load on the server that your websites produce, so your visitors can enjoy fast-opening web pages. You will be able to manage the Varnish platform with no effort through your Control Panel using fast-access controls. You will be able to start/disable any of the instances that you have, to delete the cache for any of your websites or to view system logs.

Varnish in VPS Web Hosting

You can take advantage of Varnish with any of our virtual private server plans at no extra fee, as the data caching platform is pre-installed and is offered by default. The only condition is that the virtual server must come with the Hepsia Control Panel, via which you will be able to activate Varnish for any of your Internet sites with just a couple of mouse clicks. Each Virtual Private Server package offers a different amount of system memory for caching purposes, but you’ll get at least several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient even for several traffic-consuming websites. Shortly after you activate the Varnish platform, it’ll begin caching the content that your site visitors access, so you will notice the considerably faster website loading speeds and the reduced load on the VPS very soon. Varnish will allow you to use a less costly VPS server, since you won’t require that many resources to guarantee the proper operation of your sites even if you manage large-sized Internet sites with multiple visitors. Maximum results are accomplished if the websites which use the Varnish platform use also a dedicated IP address.

Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting

You can employ Varnish in order to optimize the loading speed of any website that is hosted on a dedicated server with us if the Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed on the machine. Not only will you get the content caching platform ready to be used at no additional fee, but you will also have complete control over it via Hepsia’s intuitive graphical interface. It’ll take only one single click of the mouse to start or discontinue an instance or to delete the cached content associated with any website that’s using Varnish and in case you’re more trained, you can also see the platform’s logs. Varnish comes with at least 3 gigabytes of memory for website content caching purposes, so even in case you run many Internet sites on your dedicated machine and they all use the Varnish caching platform, the difference in their overall performance will be distinguishable. You will only have to wait for a little while till Varnish caches whatever content the website visitors browse on their end. The Varnish platform works best when the sites use a dedicated IP address, but since our dedicated servers include 3 free-of-cost IPs, you will have all that you need.