Caloundra, Australia
Server infrastructure for Cafés in Caloundra
The right server for Cafés is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a medium Cafés business in Caloundra that is about Single Core, 6 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 Caloundra. 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 Cafés
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
On request
Shared Hosting
- Single Core
- 4 GB RAM
- 40 GB storage
About 1.0 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 0.7 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Cafés Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$81.20 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
- Managed
About 9.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Cafés
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$220.25 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 4 Cores
- 16 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 94.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 8 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 Cafés size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 116,667 requests a day, peaks run about 7× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 9.5 req/sec at peak
- 2 GB working set
- 3 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Cafés
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 | Workable for a single small property or practice, though a shared database is the first thing to strain when bookings cluster. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | A VPS handles a booking engine and its database comfortably, with predictable performance when enquiries spike. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned resources matter here: a reservation that times out at the payment step is a booking you never see. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Workable | Right once you are running several properties, or a property management system alongside the public site. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Not this one | Reservation workloads are database-bound rather than compute-bound, so the extra physical capacity goes unused. |
Cafés workloads you can host
The morning rush is short, concentrated and unforgiving of a slow order screen.
- Order-ahead
- Loyalty stamps
- Menu & allergen info
- Table service
- Opening hours
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Caloundra is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Caloundra ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 501 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Singapore | 3,812 miles | 92–184 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 4,278 miles | 103–207 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,405 miles | 106–213 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,508 miles | 133–266 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 6,236 miles | 151–301 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,306 miles | 152–304 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,059 miles | 170–341 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,157 miles | 173–346 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,325 miles | 177–354 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 8,299 miles | 200–401 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 8,895 miles | 215–429 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,015 miles | 218–435 ms |
| Miami, United States | 9,158 miles | 221–442 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,312 miles | 225–450 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,602 miles | 232–464 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,759 miles | 211–423 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 9,285 miles | 224–448 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 9,344 miles | 226–451 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 9,967 miles | 241–481 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 10,027 miles | 242–484 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 10,076 miles | 243–486 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 10,233 miles | 247–494 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 10,813 miles | 261–522 ms |
Distances are from Caloundra. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Cafés in Caloundra
The closest of our 24 data centres to Caloundra is Sydney, about 501 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Caloundra has a population of about 96,305, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Cafés business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is Australia/Brisbane, 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 Privacy Act 1988. Pricing is quoted in AUD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Caloundra
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Caloundra | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 501 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 3,812 miles | 92–184 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 4,278 miles | 103–207 ms |
Caloundra sits in Queensland, 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 116,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Cafés hosting in Caloundra — FAQs
What size server does a Cafés business in Caloundra, QLD need?
Where would the server for my Caloundra, QLD business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Cafés, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host order-ahead for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Caloundra
Same city, different workload.
Cafés hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.