Nelson, New Zealand
Server infrastructure for Cafés in Nelson
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 Nelson 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 Nelson. 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.
Nelson is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Nelson ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 1,308 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Singapore | 5,226 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,728 miles | 138–277 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,796 miles | 140–280 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 6,982 miles | 169–337 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,608 miles | 184–367 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,774 miles | 188–375 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 6,778 miles | 164–327 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 6,796 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,293 miles | 176–352 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 7,660 miles | 185–370 ms |
| Miami, United States | 8,197 miles | 198–396 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 8,291 miles | 200–400 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 8,424 miles | 203–407 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 8,852 miles | 214–427 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,021 miles | 218–436 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 10,076 miles | 243–486 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 10,771 miles | 260–520 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 10,797 miles | 261–521 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 11,478 miles | 277–554 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 11,496 miles | 278–555 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 11,589 miles | 280–560 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 11,664 miles | 282–563 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 12,269 miles | 296–592 ms |
Distances are from Nelson. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Cafés in Nelson
The closest of our 24 data centres to Nelson is Sydney, about 1,308 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Nelson has a population of about 54,400, 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 Pacific/Auckland, 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 2020. Pricing is quoted in NZD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Nelson
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Nelson | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 1,308 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 5,226 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Tokyoapac | 5,728 miles | 138–277 ms |
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 Nelson — FAQs
What size server does a Cafés business in Nelson, Nelson need?
Where would the server for my Nelson, Nelson 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 Nelson
Same city, different workload.
Cafés hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.