Sunshine West, Australia
Server infrastructure for EdTech in Sunshine West
There is no single correct server for EdTech; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a small EdTech business in Sunshine West 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 Sunshine West. 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.
Sunshine West is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Sunshine West ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 449 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Singapore | 3,760 miles | 91–182 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 4,606 miles | 111–222 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,087 miles | 123–246 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,550 miles | 134–268 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 6,095 miles | 147–294 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,322 miles | 153–305 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,879 miles | 190–380 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,944 miles | 192–384 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 8,196 miles | 198–396 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 9,007 miles | 217–435 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 9,683 miles | 234–468 ms |
| Miami, United States | 9,695 miles | 234–468 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,696 miles | 234–468 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 10,115 miles | 244–488 ms |
| New York, United States | 10,367 miles | 250–501 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,547 miles | 206–413 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 9,288 miles | 224–448 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 9,687 miles | 234–468 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 10,116 miles | 244–488 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 10,134 miles | 245–489 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 10,274 miles | 248–496 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 10,496 miles | 253–507 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 10,748 miles | 259–519 ms |
Distances are from Sunshine West. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
EdTech in Sunshine West
The closest of our 24 data centres to Sunshine West is Sydney, about 449 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Sunshine West has a population of about 18,552, 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/Melbourne, 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 Sunshine West
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Sunshine West | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 449 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 3,760 miles | 91–182 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 4,606 miles | 111–222 ms |
Sunshine West sits in Victoria, 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 Sunshine West — FAQs
What size server does a EdTech business in Sunshine West, VIC need?
Where would the server for my Sunshine West, VIC 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 Sunshine West
Same city, different workload.
EdTech hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.