Reading, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for B2B Commerce in Reading
Sizing infrastructure for B2B Commerce starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a large B2B Commerce business in Reading that is about 8 Cores, 96 GB of memory and 700 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 Reading. 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
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 Most likely here
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 500,000 visits a month and roughly 1,800,000 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 104.2 req/sec at peak
- 80 GB working set
- 32 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.
Reading is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Reading ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 36 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 258 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 431 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 622 miles | 15–30 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 774 miles | 19–37 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 919 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,334 miles | 32–64 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,242 miles | 54–108 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,428 miles | 83–165 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,518 miles | 85–170 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,917 miles | 95–189 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,173 miles | 101–201 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,393 miles | 106–212 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,717 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,765 miles | 115–230 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,342 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,416 miles | 131–261 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,218 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,505 miles | 109–218 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,984 miles | 120–241 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,961 miles | 144–288 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,012 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Singapore | 6,777 miles | 164–327 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,593 miles | 256–511 ms |
Distances are from Reading. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
B2B Commerce in Reading
The closest of our 24 data centres to Reading is London, about 36 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Reading has a population of about 318,014, which is why the large 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 Reading
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Reading | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 36 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 258 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 431 miles | 10–21 ms |
Reading 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 1,800,000 requests a day crossing that link.
B2B Commerce hosting in Reading — FAQs
What size server does a B2B Commerce business in Reading, England need?
Where would the server for my Reading, 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 Reading
Same city, different workload.
B2B Commerce hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.