Bearsden, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Accounting Firms in Bearsden
There is no single correct server for Accounting Firms; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium Accounting Firms business in Bearsden that is about 2 Cores, 24 GB of memory and 200 GB of storage on VDS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Bearsden. 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 Accounting Firms
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$127.10 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 2 Cores
- 10 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
- Managed
About 0.7 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 7 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Accounting Firms Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$255.55 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 6.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 20 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Accounting Firms
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$850.90 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 6 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 64.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 80 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 Accounting Firms size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 140,000 requests a day, the software is Windows-based, which sets a floor on cores, memory and disk before the workload is considered.
- 6.5 req/sec at peak
- 20 GB working set
- 8 GB/month growth
- Windows
Which tiers suit Accounting Firms
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 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
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Bearsden is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Bearsden ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 446 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 672 miles | 16–32 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 857 miles | 21–41 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 930 miles | 22–45 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 1,071 miles | 26–52 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,545 miles | 37–75 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,492 miles | 60–120 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,216 miles | 78–155 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,278 miles | 79–158 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,663 miles | 88–177 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 3,957 miles | 96–191 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,222 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,440 miles | 107–214 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,467 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,029 miles | 121–243 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,113 miles | 123–247 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,297 miles | 104–207 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,641 miles | 112–224 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,039 miles | 122–243 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,763 miles | 139–278 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,952 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Singapore | 6,835 miles | 165–330 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,521 miles | 254–508 ms |
Distances are from Bearsden. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Accounting Firms in Bearsden
The closest of our 24 data centres to Bearsden is London, about 350 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Bearsden has a population of about 28,470, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Accounting Firms 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 Bearsden
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Bearsden | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 446 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 672 miles | 16–32 ms |
Bearsden 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 medium size assumed above, that is roughly 140,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Accounting Firms hosting in Bearsden — FAQs
What size server does a Accounting Firms business in Bearsden, Scotland need?
Where would the server for my Bearsden, Scotland business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Accounting Firms, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host practice management for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Bearsden
Same city, different workload.
Accounting Firms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.