Richmond, Canada
Server infrastructure for EdTech in Richmond
The right server for EdTech is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a medium EdTech business in Richmond 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 Richmond. 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.
Richmond is closest to Seattle. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Richmond ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 114 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 819 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,074 miles | 26–52 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,765 miles | 43–85 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,773 miles | 43–86 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,089 miles | 50–101 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,239 miles | 54–108 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,427 miles | 59–117 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,801 miles | 68–135 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,629 miles | 112–223 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 4,716 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,789 miles | 116–231 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,008 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,235 miles | 126–253 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,297 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,709 miles | 138–276 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,660 miles | 161–322 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,698 miles | 113–227 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,374 miles | 154–308 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,921 miles | 167–334 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,114 miles | 172–343 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,620 miles | 184–368 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,764 miles | 187–375 ms |
| Singapore | 7,971 miles | 192–385 ms |
Distances are from Richmond. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
EdTech in Richmond
The closest of our 24 data centres to Richmond is Seattle, about 114 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Richmond has a population of about 209,937, 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/Vancouver, 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 Richmond
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Richmond | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Seattleamericas | 114 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 819 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 1,074 miles | 26–52 ms |
Richmond sits in British Columbia, 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 Richmond — FAQs
What size server does a EdTech business in Richmond, BC need?
Where would the server for my Richmond, BC 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 Richmond
Same city, different workload.
EdTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.