Sydney, Canada
Server infrastructure for CAD Services in Sydney
There is no single correct server for CAD Services; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium CAD Services business in Sydney that is about 2 Cores, 24 GB of memory and 800 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 Sydney. 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 Most likely here
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
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 50,000 visits a month and roughly 26,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 60 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.
- 0.6 req/sec at peak
- 16 GB working set
- 60 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.
Sydney is closest to New York. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Sydney ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 787 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 953 miles | 23–46 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,388 miles | 34–67 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,532 miles | 37–74 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,788 miles | 43–86 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 2,136 miles | 52–103 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,857 miles | 69–138 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 3,107 miles | 75–150 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 3,160 miles | 76–153 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 2,679 miles | 65–129 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 2,808 miles | 68–136 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 2,866 miles | 69–138 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,074 miles | 74–148 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 3,192 miles | 77–154 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 3,230 miles | 78–156 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 3,975 miles | 96–192 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 4,878 miles | 118–236 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,635 miles | 160–320 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,651 miles | 161–321 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,062 miles | 170–341 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,297 miles | 176–352 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,694 miles | 186–371 ms |
| Singapore | 9,014 miles | 218–435 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,588 miles | 256–511 ms |
Distances are from Sydney. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
CAD Services in Sydney
The closest of our 24 data centres to Sydney is New York, about 787 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Sydney has a population of about 105,968, which is why the medium 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/Glace Bay, 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 PIPEDA. Pricing is quoted in CAD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Sydney
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Sydney | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| New Yorkamericas | 787 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 953 miles | 23–46 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 1,388 miles | 34–67 ms |
Sydney sits in Nova Scotia, 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 26,667 requests a day crossing that link.
CAD Services hosting in Sydney — FAQs
What size server does a CAD Services business in Sydney, NS need?
Where would the server for my Sydney, NS 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 Sydney
Same city, different workload.
CAD Services hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.