Alameda, United States
Server infrastructure for Farms in Alameda
Most Farms outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a medium Farms business in Alameda that is about 2 Cores, 24 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 Alameda. 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 Farms
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$116.30 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 100 GB storage
About 1.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 5.6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Farms Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$262.30 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 250 GB storage
- Managed
About 14.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 16 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Farms
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$992.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 12 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 800 GB storage
- Managed
About 148.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 64 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 Farms size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 213,333 requests a day, peaks run about 6× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 14.8 req/sec at peak
- 16 GB working set
- 12 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Farms
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 | An ERP or practice-management system needs a database tuned to its own workload, which a shared platform will not allow. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Enough for a small team, though the working set of a records system tends to outgrow a modest instance quickly. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed memory is what keeps the database in cache, which is the single biggest factor in how fast these systems feel. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The usual answer: a records system rewards a large, uncontended memory pool and consistent disk latency. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For large deployments, or where the database and application tiers are virtualized onto one physical host. |
Farms workloads you can host
Harvest concentrates the year's data into a few weeks, and spray records are a legal obligation.
- Field records & cropping plans
- Machinery telemetry
- Yield mapping
- Input & spray records
- Compliance returns
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Alameda is closest to Santa Clara. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Alameda ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 32 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 340 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 680 miles | 16–33 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,471 miles | 36–71 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,846 miles | 45–89 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,126 miles | 51–103 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,256 miles | 54–109 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,557 miles | 62–123 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,581 miles | 62–125 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,150 miles | 124–249 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,903 miles | 167–333 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,432 miles | 179–359 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,683 miles | 185–371 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,818 miles | 189–377 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,388 miles | 202–405 ms |
| Singapore | 8,448 miles | 204–408 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,349 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,355 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,447 miles | 132–263 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,671 miles | 137–274 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,784 miles | 140–279 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,942 miles | 143–287 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,424 miles | 155–310 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,389 miles | 178–357 ms |
Distances are from Alameda. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Farms in Alameda
The closest of our 24 data centres to Alameda is Santa Clara, about 32 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Alameda has a population of about 78,630, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Farms business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/Los Angeles, 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 state privacy laws such as the CCPA. Pricing is quoted in USD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Alameda
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Alameda | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Claraamericas | 32 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 340 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 680 miles | 16–33 ms |
Alameda sits in California, 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 213,333 requests a day crossing that link.
Farms hosting in Alameda — FAQs
What size server does a Farms business in Alameda, CA need?
Where would the server for my Alameda, CA business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Farms, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host field records & cropping plans for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Alameda
Same city, different workload.
Farms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.