Amherst, United States
Server infrastructure for EdTech in Amherst
There is no single correct server for EdTech; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium EdTech business in Amherst that is about 4 Cores, 48 GB of memory and 250 GB of storage on VDS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Amherst. 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 EdTech
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$164.90 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 16 GB RAM
- 100 GB storage
About 2.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 11.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium EdTech Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$432.40 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 250 GB storage
- Managed
About 27.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 32 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large EdTech
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,721.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 196 GB RAM
- 900 GB storage
- Managed
About 277.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 128 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 EdTech size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 400,000 requests a day, peaks run about 6× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one; and about 32 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 27.8 req/sec at peak
- 32 GB working set
- 10 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit EdTech
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. |
EdTech workloads you can host
School timetables mean every tenant peaks at the same hour of the same weekday.
- Multi-tenant learning platform
- Content authoring
- Analytics & reporting
- LTI/SSO integrations
- Assessment engine
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Amherst is closest to Toronto. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Amherst ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Toronto, Canada | 55 miles | 1–3 ms |
| New York, United States | 292 miles | 7–14 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 456 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 705 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,192 miles | 29–58 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,204 miles | 29–58 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,112 miles | 51–102 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,198 miles | 53–106 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,286 miles | 55–110 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,556 miles | 86–172 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,726 miles | 90–180 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,743 miles | 90–181 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,943 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 3,952 miles | 95–191 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,128 miles | 100–199 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,833 miles | 117–233 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,766 miles | 139–278 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,487 miles | 157–313 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,269 miles | 175–351 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,787 miles | 188–376 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,835 miles | 189–378 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,850 miles | 190–379 ms |
| Singapore | 9,370 miles | 226–452 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,699 miles | 234–468 ms |
Distances are from Amherst. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
EdTech in Amherst
The closest of our 24 data centres to Amherst is Toronto, about 55 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Amherst has a population of about 122,366, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a EdTech 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 Amherst
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Amherst | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Torontoamericas | 55 miles | 1–3 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 292 miles | 7–14 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 456 miles | 11–22 ms |
Amherst sits in New York, 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 400,000 requests a day crossing that link.
EdTech hosting in Amherst — FAQs
What size server does a EdTech business in Amherst, NY need?
Where would the server for my Amherst, NY business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for EdTech, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host multi-tenant learning platform for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Amherst
Same city, different workload.
EdTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.