Varnish is a web accelerator platform, which caches content for faster response times. It’s sometimes referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy as well and it works between a web server and a browser. When a site visitor loads a certain webpage, the content is requested by the web browser, and then the server handles this browser request and returns the requested data. If Varnish is activated for a website, it will cache the pages at the very first visit and in case the user visits a cached page for a second time, the information will be delivered by the caching platform and not by the server. The increased speed is a result of the considerably faster response speed that the Varnish platform offers compared with any server software. Of course, this does not mean that the visitors will continue being served the exact same content again and again, since any change on any of the pages is reflected in the content that Varnish stores in its memory.

Varnish in Shared Hosting

Varnish is offered as an optional upgrade with each of our Linux shared hosting services. You can add it to your account from the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with all shared plans and you’ll get a rather intuitive interface, which will grant you full control over the data caching system. Using 1-click quick-access controls, you can restart or shut down any of the instances, in other words – Varnish will no longer work for a given site. You can also check a comprehensive log or clear the cache for any of the Internet sites. When you add Varnish to your web hosting package, you will be able to select the maximum amount of system memory that will be available to you for data caching purposes and how many websites will use Varnish. You can always order more memory in increments of 32 megabytes and, for best performance, you can get a dedicated IP for the sites that will use Varnish. This will enable you to get the most out of your Internet sites and to have many gratified site visitors.

Varnish in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Varnish is offered as standard with all semi-dedicated hosting offered by us and you can use it for workload balancing purposes. It is available in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The Varnish caching platform comes with 64 megabytes of system memory for cached data storing purposes and you can use it with any site that you host in your semi-dedicated server 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 MB through the Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The very same section will enable you to enable more instances too, in case you would like to use Varnish with multiple websites. The two things can be added separately – you can cache the content of one resource-hungry website or run several different websites with the default memory quota. You can take full advantage of the Varnish platform in case you use a dedicated IP and you can order one with your semi-dedicated server package as well. The Hepsia Control Panel will give you total control over the caching platform and, with no more than one single click, you’ll be able to clear the cache, to see a system log or to reboot an instance.

Varnish in VPS Hosting

You can use Varnish with all our virtual private server packages at no additional cost, as the platform is pre-installed and is available by default. The only condition is that the virtual machine must come with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you’ll be able to set up Varnish for any of your sites with just a few clicks of the mouse. Each package includes a different amount of memory for content caching purposes, but you’ll get minimum several hundred megabytes, which is enough even for multiple traffic-hungry websites. Soon after you enable the Varnish platform, it will begin caching the content that your visitors access, so you will notice the considerably faster page load speeds and the less load on the VPS in no time. The Varnish platform will allow you to use a less pricey server, since you will not require that many resources to ensure the correct operation of your websites even if you run heavy-traffic Internet sites with plenty of visitors. Optimum results are accomplished if the sites which use Varnish use also a dedicated IP.

Varnish in Dedicated Web Hosting

You can employ Varnish in order to accelerate the speed of any site that is hosted on a dedicated server from us when 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 extra cost, but you will also exert total control over it through the Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-use GUI. It’ll take only one click of the mouse to start or cancel an instance or to clear the cached files associated with any Internet site that is using Varnish and in case you’re more experienced, you can also check the platform’s logs. Varnish comes with no less than three gigabytes of system memory for caching purposes, so even if you run an enormous number of websites on your server and they all use the Varnish caching platform, the difference in their overall performance will be evident. You will just need to wait for a while till Varnish caches whatever content the website visitors access on their end. The platform performs best when the sites use a dedicated IP address, but considering the fact that our dedicated servers come with three free IPs, you will have all that you need.