Los Angeles, United States
Server infrastructure for CAD Services in Los Angeles
Most CAD Services outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a large CAD Services business in Los Angeles that is about 6 Cores, 96 GB of memory and 4000 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 Los Angeles. 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 CAD Services
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$151.40 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 2 Cores
- 10 GB RAM
- 300 GB storage
- GPU on request
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 5.6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium CAD Services
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$336.55 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 800 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 0.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 16 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large CAD Services Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,296.40 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 6 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 6.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 64 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 CAD Services size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 266,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 240 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; and the software is Windows-based, which sets a floor on cores, memory and disk before the workload is considered.
- 6.2 req/sec at peak
- 64 GB working set
- 240 GB/month growth
- Windows
Which tiers suit CAD Services
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 serves websites; it cannot present a Windows desktop to work on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Adequate for light remote desktop work — email, documents, a line-of-business application. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU and memory are what make a remote desktop feel like a local one rather than a slideshow. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for CAD, BIM and rendering, where the whole machine is in use for hours at a stretch. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Recommended | For teams running several workstations on one physical host, with GPUs available on request. |
CAD Services workloads you can host
Bureau work means many client files in many formats, and translation is the CPU cost of accepting all of them.
- Drafting workstations
- Drawing conversion
- File translation
- Plot & print services
- Client file exchange
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Los Angeles has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Los Angeles ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | Same city | 1–2 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 309 miles | 7–15 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 960 miles | 23–46 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,238 miles | 30–60 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,742 miles | 42–84 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,933 miles | 47–93 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,171 miles | 52–105 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,336 miles | 56–113 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,446 miles | 59–118 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,440 miles | 131–263 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,518 miles | 133–266 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,555 miles | 134–268 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,780 miles | 140–279 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,818 miles | 140–281 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 6,037 miles | 146–291 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,570 miles | 159–317 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,542 miles | 182–364 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,480 miles | 132–265 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,239 miles | 175–349 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,502 miles | 181–362 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,993 miles | 193–386 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,151 miles | 197–394 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,694 miles | 210–420 ms |
| Singapore | 8,774 miles | 212–424 ms |
Distances are from Los Angeles. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
CAD Services in Los Angeles
We work with businesses across Downtown LA, Hollywood, Santa Monica, the San Fernando Valley and Pasadena. LA is sprawling and car-driven, so “near me” searches and Google Maps visibility decide who gets the call.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Los Angeles is Los Angeles, about under a mile away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Los Angeles has a population of about 3,820,914, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a CAD Services business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Los Angeles | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angelesamericas | In your metro | 1–2 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 309 miles | 7–15 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 960 miles | 23–46 ms |
Los Angeles sits in California, 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 266,667 requests a day crossing that link.
CAD Services hosting in Los Angeles — FAQs
What size server does a CAD Services business in Los Angeles, CA need?
Where would the server for my Los Angeles, CA business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for CAD Services, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host drafting workstations for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Los Angeles
Same city, different workload.
CAD Services hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.