Illinois, United States
Server infrastructure for Clinics in Illinois
There is no single correct server for Clinics; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a small Clinics business in Illinois that is about Single Core, 10 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 Illinois. 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 Clinics Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$113.60 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
- Managed
About 0.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 5.6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Clinics
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$255.55 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 4.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 16 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Clinics
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$837.40 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 6 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 600 GB storage
- Managed
About 40.5 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.
Which tiers suit Clinics
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 gives you no control over where data sits or who else is on the machine, which regulated records cannot accept. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Workable for a small practice, with the caveat that you own the patching and audit trail unless you add management. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Isolated, pinned resources in a data centre you choose, which is usually what a data-residency obligation actually requires. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | A single-tenant physical machine is the clearest answer to "who else can reach this data" — nobody. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For larger estates running several regulated systems on hardware you control end to end. |
Clinics workloads you can host
Clinic load follows surgery hours exactly — busy from opening, quiet overnight, and the records must be there instantly during a consultation.
- Patient records
- Appointment scheduling
- e-Prescribing
- Recalls & reminders
- Billing & claims
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Illinois is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Illinois ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Chicago, United States | 39 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 473 miles | 11–23 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 577 miles | 14–28 ms |
| New York, United States | 742 miles | 18–36 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 766 miles | 18–37 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,182 miles | 29–57 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,708 miles | 41–82 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 1,715 miles | 41–83 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,811 miles | 44–87 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,987 miles | 96–192 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,145 miles | 100–200 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,217 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,312 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,367 miles | 105–211 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,569 miles | 110–221 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,243 miles | 127–253 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,192 miles | 149–299 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,302 miles | 152–304 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,509 miles | 181–363 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,798 miles | 188–376 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,003 miles | 193–386 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,078 miles | 195–390 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,208 miles | 222–445 ms |
| Singapore | 9,379 miles | 226–453 ms |
Distances are from Illinois. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Clinics in Illinois
The closest of our 24 data centres to Illinois is Chicago, about 39 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Illinois has a population of about 16,747, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a Clinics business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/Chicago, 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 Illinois
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Illinois | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Chicagoamericas | 39 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 473 miles | 11–23 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 577 miles | 14–28 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 14,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Clinics hosting in Illinois — FAQs
What size server does a Clinics business in Illinois need?
Where would the server for my Illinois business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Clinics, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host patient records for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Illinois
Same city, different workload.
Clinics hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.