Raleigh, United States
Server infrastructure for 3D Design in Raleigh
Sizing infrastructure for 3D Design starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a large 3D Design business in Raleigh that is about 6 Cores, 96 GB of memory and 4000 GB of storage on Dedicated Server.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Raleigh. 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
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 Most likely here
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 500,000 visits a month and roughly 266,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 480 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.
- 6.2 req/sec at peak
- 64 GB working set
- 480 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.
Raleigh is closest to Atlanta. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Raleigh ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Atlanta, United States | 355 miles | 9–17 ms |
| New York, United States | 424 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 546 miles | 13–26 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 641 miles | 15–31 ms |
| Miami, United States | 698 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,056 miles | 25–51 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,232 miles | 54–108 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,362 miles | 57–114 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,385 miles | 58–115 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,874 miles | 94–187 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,962 miles | 96–191 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,060 miles | 98–196 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,269 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,351 miles | 105–210 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,423 miles | 107–214 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,170 miles | 125–250 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,071 miles | 147–293 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,920 miles | 167–334 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,728 miles | 187–373 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,214 miles | 198–397 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,317 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,337 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,637 miles | 233–465 ms |
| Singapore | 9,867 miles | 238–476 ms |
Distances are from Raleigh. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
3D Design in Raleigh
The closest of our 24 data centres to Raleigh is Atlanta, about 355 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Raleigh has a population of about 482,295, which is why the large 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 Raleigh
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Raleigh | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantaamericas | 355 miles | 9–17 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 424 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 546 miles | 13–26 ms |
Raleigh 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 266,667 requests a day crossing that link.
3D Design hosting in Raleigh — FAQs
What size server does a 3D Design business in Raleigh, NC need?
Where would the server for my Raleigh, 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 Raleigh
Same city, different workload.
3D Design hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.