Varnish is a web accelerator, which has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, as it can increase the loading speed of any Internet site, at times even by 100 percent, based on the content. This tool is occasionally referred to as a caching HTTP reverse proxy too and is used to lower the overall load on the physical server and to enhance the access speed for the site visitors. Every time a visitor accesses a page on a given website, the browser request is taken care of by the web server and the requested content is served as a response. If Varnish is enabled, it caches the web pages that the visitor opens and in case any of them is opened again, it’s served by Varnish and not by the server directly. The improvement in the overall performance is due to the fact that the accelerator processes the web requests substantially quicker than any web server, which results in much faster browsing speeds for the users. In case any content is edited meanwhile, the cached web pages will also be updated the next time someone accesses them.
Varnish in Web Hosting
You can use Varnish’s potential and improve your websites’ load speed irrespective of the web hosting plan that you have chosen and you can activate and set up the content caching platform with several mouse clicks via the easy-to-work-with GUI offered by our advanced Hepsia Control Panel. During the process, you will be able to choose two separate things – how many websites will use the Varnish caching platform, in other words – the number of instances, and how much content will be cached, i.e. the amount of memory. The latter comes in increments of 32 MB and is not linked to the number of instances, so you can use more instances with less memory and vice versa. In case you’ve got lots of content on a particular website and you gain many site visitors, more system memory will guarantee you a better result. You may also consider employing a dedicated IP for the websites that will use the Varnish platform. The Hepsia Control Panel will provide you with simple 1-click controls for discontinuing or rebooting any instance, for clearing the cache for any site and for seeing comprehensive logs.
Varnish in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Linux semi-dedicated service that we’re offering will permit you to use Varnish once your brand new semi-dedicated account has been created, since the platform is offered by default. 64 MB of system memory will be assigned to Varnish the moment your account is enabled, so you can use this load distribution software as soon as your website has been taken online. In case you need more memory, you can add 32 megabytes at a time from the Upgrades section of the Hepsia Control Panel and it will be assigned to your semi-dedicated server in an instant. You can also increase the number of the sites that employ Varnish, or the so-called ‘instances’, which are not directly linked to the amount of system memory that you use, which suggests that you will enjoy more flexibility. The Varnish platform will substantially lower the load on the semi-dedicated machine produced by your websites, so your visitors can enjoy fast-loading pages. You’ll be able to manage Varnish effortlessly via the Hepsia Control Panel using quick-access controls. You’ll be able to start/disable any of the instances that you have, to clear the cached data for any of your websites or to view system log files.
Varnish in VPS Servers
You can use Varnish with all our VPS server packages at no extra cost, since the content caching platform is pre-installed and is offered by default. The sole condition is that the VPS server must come with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you will be able to set up Varnish for any of your Internet sites with only a few clicks. Each Virtual Private Server plan offers a different amount of memory for content caching purposes, but you will get minimum several hundred megabytes, which is sufficient even for several resource-hungry sites. Soon after you enable Varnish, it’ll begin caching the content that your site visitors browse, so you’ll notice the tremendously better site loading speeds and the less load on the virtual machine in no time. Varnish will allow you to use a less high-priced virtual machine, as you won’t require that many resources to guarantee the uninterrupted operation of your Internet sites even if you’ve got traffic-intensive websites with many visitors. Optimal results are achieved if the Internet sites which use the Varnish caching platform also use a dedicated IP.
Varnish in Dedicated Servers
If you need the most powerful hosting solution and you purchase any of the Linux dedicated servers that we’re offering, you can use Varnish to enhance the work of your sites at no extra cost on the condition that the dedicated machine is ordered with our leading-edge Hepsia Control Panel. Its simple-to-work-with graphical interface will permit you to keep track of platform processes, to delete the cached content or to restart any instance with one click of the mouse. The smallest amount of memory that the caching platform can employ to cache site content is three gigabytes, which is quite enough for a large number of regularly visited Internet sites, so your server will be able to cope with a colossal load while your Internet site visitors are enjoying a smooth browsing experience. As your server will include a number of dedicated IP addresses, you will be able to make use of Varnish’s full capacity.