Arlington, United States
Server infrastructure for API Platforms in Arlington
Sizing infrastructure for API Platforms starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a medium API Platforms business in Arlington that is about 2 Cores, 16 GB of memory and 200 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 Arlington. 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 API Platforms
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$97.40 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 8 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 3.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 4.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium API Platforms Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$186.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 2 Cores
- 16 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 30.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 12 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large API Platforms
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,114.15 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 20 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 308.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 48 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.
Which tiers suit API Platforms
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 cannot run background workers, queues or long-lived processes, which a SaaS application depends on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | The natural home for an early-stage product: root access, your own runtime, and the ability to resize as you grow. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned resources give you the predictable latency your customers will hold you to in an SLA. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Right once the database and the application tier are competing for the same memory on a single virtual instance. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For platforms running their own virtualization, or holding a large working set entirely in memory. |
API Platforms workloads you can host
An API is measured in requests per second rather than page views, and the failure mode is a noisy client rather than a busy week.
- API gateway
- Rate limiting
- Auth & token issuing
- Request logging
- Developer portal
- Webhook delivery
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Arlington is closest to New York. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Arlington ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 208 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 538 miles | 13–26 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 591 miles | 14–29 ms |
| Miami, United States | 924 miles | 22–45 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,178 miles | 28–57 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,291 miles | 55–111 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,319 miles | 56–112 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,416 miles | 58–117 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,669 miles | 89–177 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,787 miles | 91–183 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,850 miles | 93–186 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,061 miles | 98–196 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,127 miles | 100–199 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,224 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,961 miles | 120–240 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,871 miles | 142–283 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,777 miles | 164–327 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,497 miles | 181–362 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,986 miles | 193–386 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,088 miles | 195–390 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,146 miles | 197–393 ms |
| Singapore | 9,656 miles | 233–466 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,758 miles | 236–471 ms |
Distances are from Arlington. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
API Platforms in Arlington
Technology & Software is one of the sectors Arlington is known for, so this is a workload we are asked about here more than most.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Arlington is New York, about 208 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Arlington has a population of about 207,627, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a API Platforms 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 Arlington
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Arlington | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| New Yorkamericas | 208 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 538 miles | 13–26 ms |
Arlington sits in Virginia, 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 666,667 requests a day crossing that link.
API Platforms hosting in Arlington — FAQs
What size server does a API Platforms business in Arlington, VA need?
Where would the server for my Arlington, VA business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for API Platforms, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host aPI gateway for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Arlington
Same city, different workload.
API Platforms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.