Shelby, United States
Server infrastructure for Cafés in Shelby
Sizing infrastructure for Cafés starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a small Cafés business in Shelby that is about Single Core, 4 GB of memory and 40 GB of storage on Shared Hosting.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Shelby. 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 Most likely here
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
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 5,000 visits a month and roughly 11,667 requests a day, peaks run about 7× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 1.0 req/sec at peak
- 0.7 GB working set
- 1 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.
Shelby is closest to Atlanta. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Shelby ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Atlanta, United States | 194 miles | 5–9 ms |
| New York, United States | 555 miles | 13–27 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 561 miles | 14–27 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 589 miles | 14–28 ms |
| Miami, United States | 663 miles | 16–32 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 890 miles | 21–43 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,076 miles | 50–100 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,237 miles | 54–108 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,246 miles | 54–108 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 4,016 miles | 97–194 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,120 miles | 99–199 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,198 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,409 miles | 106–213 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,470 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,570 miles | 110–221 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,309 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,217 miles | 150–300 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,863 miles | 166–331 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,818 miles | 189–377 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,323 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,325 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,384 miles | 202–405 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,471 miles | 229–457 ms |
| Singapore | 9,881 miles | 239–477 ms |
Distances are from Shelby. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Cafés in Shelby
The closest of our 24 data centres to Shelby is Atlanta, about 194 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Shelby has a population of about 20,189, which is why the small 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 America/New York, 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 Shelby
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Shelby | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantaamericas | 194 miles | 5–9 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 555 miles | 13–27 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 561 miles | 14–27 ms |
Shelby sits in North Carolina, 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 11,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Cafés hosting in Shelby — FAQs
What size server does a Cafés business in Shelby, NC need?
Where would the server for my Shelby, NC 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 Shelby
Same city, different workload.
Cafés hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.