Varnish is a data caching platform, which is sometimes called a caching HTTP reverse proxy. It’s a web application accelerator that can increase the speed of a site by up to 1000 percent, depending on the content itself. Each time a visitor accesses any page on a site that uses Varnish, the platform caches the page and delivers it instead of the web server when the visitor loads it again. Thus, the browser request from the visitor is not handled by the server and the web page will load tremendously faster, since the Varnish platform can serve information many times faster than any server software. The result is a significantly faster loading website, which means an immensely improved visitor experience. If any of the cached pages is updated on the actual site, the content that Varnish stores in its memory is updated as well, so the site visitors will not end up seeing out-of-date info.
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 web hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with all shared web hosting packages and you will get an amazingly easy-to-work-with interface, which will give you full control over the content caching system. Using one-click fast-access buttons, you can restart or cancel any of the instances, in other words – Varnish will no longer be enabled for a given site. You can also check a comprehensive system log or erase the cache for any of the sites. When you add Varnish to your shared web hosting plan, you’ll be able to choose the maximum amount of system memory that will be at your disposal for data 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 set a dedicated IP for the sites that will use Varnish. This will enable you to get the most out of your websites and to have many satisfied site visitors.