Darwin, Australia
Server infrastructure for Farms in Darwin
Sizing infrastructure for Farms starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a medium Farms business in Darwin 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 Darwin. 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.
Darwin is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Darwin ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 1,957 miles | 47–94 ms |
| Singapore | 2,085 miles | 50–101 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 2,655 miles | 64–128 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 3,375 miles | 81–163 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 3,758 miles | 91–181 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,507 miles | 109–218 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,556 miles | 110–220 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,023 miles | 170–339 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 7,543 miles | 182–364 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 7,755 miles | 187–374 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 8,286 miles | 200–400 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 8,352 miles | 202–403 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 8,387 miles | 202–405 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 8,607 miles | 208–416 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 9,079 miles | 219–438 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 7,634 miles | 184–369 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,678 miles | 185–371 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,889 miles | 190–381 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 9,125 miles | 220–441 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 9,362 miles | 226–452 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,632 miles | 233–465 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,780 miles | 236–472 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,972 miles | 241–481 ms |
| Miami, United States | 10,220 miles | 247–493 ms |
Distances are from Darwin. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Farms in Darwin
We work with businesses across the CBD, Cullen Bay, Palmerston, Fannie Bay and Nightcliff. Darwin is a smaller, local market where Google Business and fast sites win jobs.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Darwin is Sydney, about 1,957 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Darwin has a population of about 139,902, 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 Australia/Darwin, 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 Darwin
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Darwin | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 1,957 miles | 47–94 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 2,085 miles | 50–101 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 2,655 miles | 64–128 ms |
Darwin sits in Northern Territory, 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 Darwin — FAQs
What size server does a Farms business in Darwin, NT need?
Where would the server for my Darwin, NT 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 Darwin
Same city, different workload.
Farms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.