March, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for B2B Commerce in March
There is no single correct server for B2B Commerce; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a small B2B Commerce business in March that is about Single Core, 10 GB of memory and 80 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 March. 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 B2B Commerce Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$113.60 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 1.0 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 7 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium B2B Commerce
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 10.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 20 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large B2B Commerce
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$884.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 8 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 104.2 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 B2B Commerce size up this way
Working from about 5,000 visits a month and roughly 18,000 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 1.0 req/sec at peak
- 7 GB working set
- 3 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit B2B Commerce
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 | Workable | Fine for a first storefront with a small catalogue, but checkout under load is where shared hosting shows its limits. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | Enough headroom for a catalogue, a cart and a payment gateway, with the caching layers a store needs to stay quick. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU is what keeps checkout responsive during a sale, when traffic arrives all at once rather than evenly. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for a high-traffic store, or one whose database has outgrown what a virtual instance can cache. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | Reserved for very large catalogues and enterprise commerce platforms running their own search and queue tiers. |
B2B Commerce workloads you can host
Prices are per-customer rather than per-product, so nothing on the catalogue can be cached the way a retail store caches it.
- Account pricing tiers
- Quote & approval flow
- Purchase orders
- Credit terms
- ERP integration
- Reordering
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
March is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from March ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 73 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 203 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 407 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 639 miles | 15–31 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 835 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 857 miles | 21–41 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,307 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,232 miles | 54–108 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,448 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,528 miles | 85–170 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,922 miles | 95–189 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,192 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,426 miles | 107–214 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,724 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,733 miles | 114–229 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,319 miles | 128–257 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,399 miles | 130–261 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,161 miles | 100–201 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,461 miles | 108–215 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,922 miles | 119–238 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,873 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,933 miles | 143–286 ms |
| Singapore | 6,717 miles | 162–324 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,516 miles | 254–508 ms |
Distances are from March. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
B2B Commerce in March
The closest of our 24 data centres to March is London, about 73 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
March has a population of about 21,051, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a B2B Commerce 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 March
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from March | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 73 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 203 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 407 miles | 10–20 ms |
March sits in England, 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 18,000 requests a day crossing that link.
B2B Commerce hosting in March — FAQs
What size server does a B2B Commerce business in March, England need?
Where would the server for my March, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for B2B Commerce, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host account pricing tiers for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in March
Same city, different workload.
B2B Commerce hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.