Gladstone, Australia
Server infrastructure for EdTech in Gladstone
What EdTech actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a medium EdTech business in Gladstone 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 Gladstone. 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.
Gladstone is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Gladstone ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 681 miles | 16–33 ms |
| Singapore | 3,654 miles | 88–176 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 4,073 miles | 98–197 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,199 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,329 miles | 129–257 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 6,080 miles | 147–294 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,127 miles | 148–296 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,020 miles | 169–339 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,134 miles | 172–344 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,250 miles | 175–350 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 8,302 miles | 200–401 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 8,861 miles | 214–428 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,021 miles | 218–436 ms |
| Miami, United States | 9,206 miles | 222–444 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,269 miles | 224–447 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,572 miles | 231–462 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,600 miles | 208–415 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 9,094 miles | 220–439 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 9,132 miles | 220–441 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 9,760 miles | 236–471 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 9,816 miles | 237–474 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 9,877 miles | 238–477 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 10,021 miles | 242–484 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 10,615 miles | 256–513 ms |
Distances are from Gladstone. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
EdTech in Gladstone
The closest of our 24 data centres to Gladstone is Sydney, about 681 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
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 Gladstone
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Gladstone | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 681 miles | 16–33 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 3,654 miles | 88–176 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 4,073 miles | 98–197 ms |
Gladstone sits in Queensland, 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 Gladstone — FAQs
What size server does a EdTech business in Gladstone, QLD need?
Where would the server for my Gladstone, QLD 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 Gladstone
Same city, different workload.
EdTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.