Ottawa, Canada
Server infrastructure for EdTech in Ottawa
Sizing infrastructure for EdTech starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a large EdTech business in Ottawa that is about 16 Cores, 196 GB of memory and 900 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 Ottawa. 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
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 Most likely here
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 500,000 visits a month and roughly 4,000,000 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 128 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 277.8 req/sec at peak
- 128 GB working set
- 40 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.
Ottawa is closest to Toronto. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Ottawa ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Toronto, Canada | 218 miles | 5–11 ms |
| New York, United States | 336 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 644 miles | 16–31 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 928 miles | 22–45 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,380 miles | 33–67 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,422 miles | 34–69 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,189 miles | 53–106 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,362 miles | 57–114 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,427 miles | 59–117 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,332 miles | 80–161 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,500 miles | 84–169 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,536 miles | 85–171 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,718 miles | 90–179 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 3,725 miles | 90–180 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 3,906 miles | 94–189 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,607 miles | 111–222 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,541 miles | 134–268 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,416 miles | 155–310 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,055 miles | 170–341 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,564 miles | 183–365 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,634 miles | 184–369 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,716 miles | 186–373 ms |
| Singapore | 9,206 miles | 222–444 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,857 miles | 238–476 ms |
Distances are from Ottawa. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
EdTech in Ottawa
We work with businesses across Downtown / ByWard Market, Centretown, Kanata, Westboro and Nepean. Ottawa is a stable, bilingual capital market where credibility and clarity convert.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Ottawa is Toronto, about 218 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Ottawa has a population of about 1,017,449, which is why the large 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/Toronto, 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 PIPEDA. Pricing is quoted in CAD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Ottawa
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Ottawa | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Torontoamericas | 218 miles | 5–11 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 336 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 644 miles | 16–31 ms |
Ottawa sits in Ontario, 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 4,000,000 requests a day crossing that link.
EdTech hosting in Ottawa — FAQs
What size server does a EdTech business in Ottawa, ON need?
Where would the server for my Ottawa, ON 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 Ottawa
Same city, different workload.
EdTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.