Finance & Insurance

Server infrastructure for Accounting Firms

Sized from the workload rather than sold as a plan name: what Accounting Firms actually run, what that needs, and which tier it belongs on.

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Recommended builds by size

Three sizes of operation, each sized from an assumed traffic figure.

Small

1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month

VPS

2 Cores
10 GB RAM
80 GB storage

A single site or team, with traffic that arrives in a predictable working-hours pattern.

Medium

11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month

VDS

2 Cores
24 GB RAM
200 GB storage

A growing business running several systems, where an outage now costs real money.

Large

51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month

Dedicated Server

6 Cores
96 GB RAM
700 GB storage

Multiple sites or a busy platform, with traffic that spikes and an obligation to stay up.

Which tiers suit Accounting Firms

Infrastructure	Verdict	Why
Shared Hosting Managed space on a shared server	Not this one	Shared hosting gives you no control over where data sits or who else is on the machine, which regulated records cannot accept.
VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access	Workable	Workable for a small practice, with the caveat that you own the patching and audit trail unless you add management.
VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone	Recommended	Isolated, pinned resources in a data centre you choose, which is usually what a data-residency obligation actually requires.
Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification	Recommended	A single-tenant physical machine is the clearest answer to "who else can reach this data" — nobody.
Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads	Workable	For larger estates running several regulated systems on hardware you control end to end.

Accounting Firms workloads you can host

Much of the software is still Windows desktop, so the server is often presenting sessions rather than serving pages.

Practice management
Client ledgers
Tax return preparation
Document exchange portal
Remote desktop for desktop software

Accounting Firms hosting by city

Each page names the closest of our 24 data centres and how far away it actually is.

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Accounting Firms hosting — FAQs

What server specification do Accounting Firms usually need?

It depends on volume more than on the industry. A medium-sized operation working from about 50,000 visits a month lands around 2 cores, 24 GB of memory and 200 GB of storage.

How were these figures worked out?

From an assumed traffic level, the number of requests each page makes, and how much data the application keeps warm — then rounded up to a build we actually sell. They are assumptions stated out loud rather than measurements of your business.

Can we change size later?

Yes. Memory, cores and disk can all be raised on the same server, usually within the hour, with no rebuild and no new IP address.