Penicuik, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for 3D Design in Penicuik
Most 3D Design outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a small 3D Design business in Penicuik 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 Penicuik. 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.
Penicuik is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Penicuik ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 324 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 407 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 632 miles | 15–31 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 821 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 897 miles | 22–43 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 1,065 miles | 26–51 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,502 miles | 36–73 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,451 miles | 59–118 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,259 miles | 79–157 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,321 miles | 80–160 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,705 miles | 89–179 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,000 miles | 97–193 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,265 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,473 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,509 miles | 109–218 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,064 miles | 122–245 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,150 miles | 124–249 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,256 miles | 103–205 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,598 miles | 111–222 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,999 miles | 121–241 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,747 miles | 139–277 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,921 miles | 143–286 ms |
| Singapore | 6,795 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,492 miles | 253–507 ms |
Distances are from Penicuik. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
3D Design in Penicuik
The closest of our 24 data centres to Penicuik is London, about 324 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Penicuik has a population of about 16,150, 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 Europe/London, 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 the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Pricing is quoted in GBP, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Penicuik
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Penicuik | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 324 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 407 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 632 miles | 15–31 ms |
Penicuik sits in Scotland, 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 Penicuik — FAQs
What size server does a 3D Design business in Penicuik, Scotland need?
Where would the server for my Penicuik, Scotland 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 Penicuik
Same city, different workload.
3D Design hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.