Ashfield, Australia
Server infrastructure for EdTech in Ashfield
Most EdTech outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a small EdTech business in Ashfield that is about Single Core, 16 GB of memory and 100 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 Ashfield. 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 Most likely here
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
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 5,000 visits a month and roughly 40,000 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 11 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 2.8 req/sec at peak
- 11.2 GB working set
- 4 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.
Ashfield has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Ashfield ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | Same city | 1–2 ms |
| Singapore | 3,915 miles | 95–189 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 4,581 miles | 111–221 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,863 miles | 117–235 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,675 miles | 137–274 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 6,307 miles | 152–305 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,464 miles | 156–312 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,437 miles | 180–359 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,507 miles | 181–362 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,753 miles | 187–374 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 8,592 miles | 207–415 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 9,248 miles | 223–447 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,291 miles | 224–449 ms |
| Miami, United States | 9,342 miles | 226–451 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,678 miles | 234–467 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,940 miles | 240–480 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,807 miles | 213–425 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 9,461 miles | 228–457 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 9,689 miles | 234–468 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 10,239 miles | 247–494 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 10,285 miles | 248–497 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 10,339 miles | 250–499 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 10,557 miles | 255–510 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 10,985 miles | 265–530 ms |
Distances are from Ashfield. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
EdTech in Ashfield
The closest of our 24 data centres to Ashfield is Sydney, about 5 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Ashfield has a population of about 23,749, which is why the small 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 Australia/Sydney, 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 1988. Pricing is quoted in AUD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Ashfield
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Ashfield | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | In your metro | 1–2 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 3,915 miles | 95–189 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 4,581 miles | 111–221 ms |
Ashfield sits in New South Wales, 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 40,000 requests a day crossing that link.
EdTech hosting in Ashfield — FAQs
What size server does a EdTech business in Ashfield, NSW need?
Where would the server for my Ashfield, NSW 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 Ashfield
Same city, different workload.
EdTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.