Varnish is a web accelerator tool, which has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, as it can increase the speed of any Internet site, sometimes even by 100 percent, based on the content. This tool is sometimes called an HTTP reverse proxy as well and is used to lower the overall load on the server and to accelerate the browsing speed for the site visitors. Each time a visitor opens a page on a certain site, the web browser request is processed by the web server and the requested information is served as a response. If Varnish is enabled, it caches the pages that the website visitor opens and if any of them is opened again, it is served by Varnish and not by the server directly. The performance improvement is due to the fact that the accelerator processes the browser requests considerably quicker than any web server, which leads to much faster browsing speeds for the users. If any content is changed in the meantime, the cached webpages will also be ‘refreshed’ the next time somebody tries to access them.
Varnish in Hosting
Varnish is available as an optional upgrade with all our Linux hosting. You can add it to your hosting account from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is offered with all shared packages and you will get a truly simple-to-work-with interface, which will grant you full control over the caching system. Using 1-click fast-access controls, you can reboot or terminate any of the instances, in other words – Varnish will no longer work for a specific site. You can also see a detailed system log file or delete the cache associated with any of the sites. When you add Varnish to your shared web hosting plan, you will be able to choose the total amount of system memory that will be at your disposal for content caching purposes and the number of the sites that will use Varnish. You can always get more memory in increments of 32 MB and, for top performance, you can set a dedicated IP for the websites that will use Varnish. This will permit you to take full advantage of your sites and to have numerous gratified website users.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Varnish is a feature, which is offered by default with all semi-dedicated hosting services that we’re offering and you can use it for load distribution purposes. It’s available in your Hepsia Control Panel. The platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached content storing purposes and you can employ it with any Internet site that you host in your account. If you are in need of more than that, you can increase the system memory allocation. The memory itself is available in increments of 32 megabytes through the Upgrades section of the Control Panel. The very same section will permit you to enable more instances too, in case you’d like to use the Varnish platform with multiple websites. The two upgrades can be added independently – you can cache the content of one single resource-intensive website or run several Internet sites with the default memory allowance. You can take full advantage of the Varnish platform in case you have a dedicated IP address and you can order one with your semi-dedicated plan as well. The Hepsia Control Panel will grant you complete control over the platform and, with no more than one single click of the mouse, you’ll be able to clear the cache, to check a system log or to restart an instance.
Varnish in VPS Web Hosting
We offer Varnish with all of the Hepsia-managed VPS web hosting services, so in case you purchase a server with this web hosting Control Panel, you’ll be able to use the caching platform at no extra cost. The Varnish platform can utilize different amounts of system memory for data caching purposes depending on the specific VPS package that you have selected during the signup procedure, but nevertheless, this amount will not be less than several hundred MB. This is quite enough to enhance the work of several busy Internet sites, so the better website browsing speeds and the reduced load on your VPS will be perceivable. The effect may not be distinguishable instantly, since Varnish will require some time to cache the site content that visitors request, but shortly after you enable it, you will perceive its full capacity. This caching platform will allow you to use a less powerful Virtual Private Server and to pay less money to get the same performance you’d get with a more powerful virtual machine without Varnish.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers Hosting
In case you order a dedicated server with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you will get Varnish at no extra fee and you’ll exert full control over it via an extremely simple-to-navigate GUI – you’ll be able to start, to cancel or to reboot an instance, to check a detailed system log, to delete the cached data for any Internet site and much, much more. The Varnish platform will have several GB of system memory at its disposal, so even if you host traffic-intensive websites with an immense number of visitors, you will notice the considerably faster page load speeds and the decreased load on your server. This will become a fact soon after you begin using Varnish, as it will need some time to cache the site content that visitors browse. You can take full advantage of the platform’s capabilities in case the sites that are using it also use a dedicated IP address, but since your server comes with several IPs by default, you will not have to pay anything on top of your monthly fee for the machine itself.