Cardiff, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Cybersecurity in Cardiff
There is no single correct server for Cybersecurity; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a large Cybersecurity business in Cardiff that is about 16 Cores, 256 GB of memory and 4000 GB of storage on Dedicated Server.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Cardiff. 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 Cybersecurity
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$289.30 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 450 GB storage
About 1.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 16.8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Cybersecurity
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$709.15 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 64 GB RAM
- 1500 GB storage
- Managed
About 13.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 48 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Cybersecurity Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$2,572.15 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 256 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
About 138.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 192 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 Cybersecurity size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 4,000,000 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 360 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; and about 192 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 138.9 req/sec at peak
- 192 GB working set
- 360 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Cybersecurity
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 cannot run background workers, queues or long-lived processes, which a SaaS application depends on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | The natural home for an early-stage product: root access, your own runtime, and the ability to resize as you grow. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned resources give you the predictable latency your customers will hold you to in an SLA. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Right once the database and the application tier are competing for the same memory on a single virtual instance. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For platforms running their own virtualization, or holding a large working set entirely in memory. |
Cybersecurity workloads you can host
Retention is the constraint: keeping a year of logs searchable is a storage and indexing problem that never stops growing.
- SIEM & log ingestion
- Vulnerability scanning
- Threat intelligence feeds
- Incident case management
- Forensic storage
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Cardiff is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Cardiff ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 131 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 526 miles | 13–25 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 701 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 765 miles | 18–37 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 988 miles | 24–48 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,428 miles | 34–69 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,331 miles | 56–113 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,336 miles | 81–161 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,430 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,831 miles | 92–185 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,082 miles | 99–197 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,299 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,630 miles | 112–224 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,704 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,274 miles | 127–255 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,342 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,311 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,600 miles | 111–222 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,075 miles | 123–245 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,008 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,090 miles | 147–294 ms |
| Singapore | 6,869 miles | 166–332 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,673 miles | 258–515 ms |
Distances are from Cardiff. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Cybersecurity in Cardiff
We work with businesses across the City Centre, Cardiff Bay, Cathays, Pontcanna and Roath. Cardiff is Wales’ capital and largest market, where local SEO drives enquiries.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Cardiff is London, about 131 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Cardiff has a population of about 372,089, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a Cybersecurity business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is Europe/London, 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 UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Pricing is quoted in GBP, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Cardiff
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Cardiff | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 131 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 526 miles | 13–25 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 4,000,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Cybersecurity hosting in Cardiff — FAQs
What size server does a Cybersecurity business in Cardiff, Wales need?
Where would the server for my Cardiff, Wales business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Cybersecurity, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host sIEM & log ingestion for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Cardiff
Same city, different workload.
Cybersecurity hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.