Lexington, United States
Server infrastructure for 3D Design in Lexington
There is no single correct server for 3D Design; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a small 3D Design business in Lexington that is about 2 Cores, 10 GB of memory and 600 GB of storage on VPS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Lexington. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.
Choose the infrastructure for your workload
Three sizes of business, each sized from an assumed traffic figure rather than a measured one. If you know your own numbers, tell us and the estimate changes with them.
Small 3D Design Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$191.90 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 2 Cores
- 10 GB RAM
- 600 GB storage
- GPU on request
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 5.6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium 3D Design
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$498.55 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 2000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 0.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 16 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large 3D Design
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,296.40 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 6 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 6.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 64 GB of working data.
Configure this build →These figures are assumptions stated out loud, not predictions about your business. Memory, cores and disk can all be raised on the same server later, usually within the hour, with no rebuild and no new IP address — so starting one size below the estimate is normally the cheaper mistake.
Why 3D Design size up this way
Working from about 5,000 visits a month and roughly 2,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 42 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; each request costs real computation rather than a cache lookup, so cores matter more here than on a typical site; the software is Windows-based, which sets a floor on cores, memory and disk before the workload is considered; and a GPU is genuinely used rather than optional, and is quoted separately.
- 0.1 req/sec at peak
- 5.6 GB working set
- 42 GB/month growth
- Windows
Which tiers suit 3D Design
Including the ones that do not, and why — that is usually the more useful half.
| Infrastructure | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Hosting Managed space on a shared server | Not this one | Shared hosting serves websites; it cannot present a Windows desktop to work on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Adequate for light remote desktop work — email, documents, a line-of-business application. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU and memory are what make a remote desktop feel like a local one rather than a slideshow. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for CAD, BIM and rendering, where the whole machine is in use for hours at a stretch. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Recommended | For teams running several workstations on one physical host, with GPUs available on request. |
3D Design workloads you can host
Rendering is where the hours go, and a GPU changes the working day rather than the benchmark.
- Modelling workstations
- Render queue
- Texture & material libraries
- Asset versioning
- Client previews
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Lexington is closest to Atlanta. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Lexington ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Atlanta, United States | 275 miles | 7–13 ms |
| New York, United States | 478 miles | 12–23 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 543 miles | 13–26 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 576 miles | 14–28 ms |
| Miami, United States | 695 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 966 miles | 23–47 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,142 miles | 52–103 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,285 miles | 55–110 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,297 miles | 55–111 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,938 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,039 miles | 98–195 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,121 miles | 99–199 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,332 miles | 105–209 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,399 miles | 106–212 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,491 miles | 108–217 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,232 miles | 126–253 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,138 miles | 148–296 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,870 miles | 166–332 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,758 miles | 187–375 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,256 miles | 199–399 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,310 miles | 201–401 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,334 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,550 miles | 231–461 ms |
| Singapore | 9,855 miles | 238–476 ms |
Distances are from Lexington. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
3D Design in Lexington
The closest of our 24 data centres to Lexington is Atlanta, about 275 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Lexington has a population of about 19,326, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a 3D Design business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/New York, so routine maintenance and backups are scheduled against your overnight rather than ours.
Data stays in the jurisdiction you choose, which matters if you are working to state privacy laws such as the CCPA. Pricing is quoted in USD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Lexington
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Lexington | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantaamericas | 275 miles | 7–13 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 478 miles | 12–23 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 543 miles | 13–26 ms |
Lexington sits in North Carolina, and every one of our 24 locations costs the same — so the only thing worth optimising is which of them your users are closest to. At the small size assumed above, that is roughly 2,667 requests a day crossing that link.
3D Design hosting in Lexington — FAQs
What size server does a 3D Design business in Lexington, NC need?
Where would the server for my Lexington, NC business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for 3D Design, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host modelling workstations for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Lexington
Same city, different workload.
3D Design hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.