Dunedin, New Zealand
Server infrastructure for Farms in Dunedin
Sizing infrastructure for Farms starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a medium Farms business in Dunedin 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 Dunedin. 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.
Dunedin is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Dunedin ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 1,311 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Singapore | 5,183 miles | 125–250 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,884 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,953 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 6,966 miles | 168–336 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,516 miles | 181–363 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,745 miles | 187–374 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,082 miles | 171–342 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,113 miles | 172–343 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,625 miles | 184–368 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 7,918 miles | 191–382 ms |
| Miami, United States | 8,380 miles | 202–405 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 8,522 miles | 206–411 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 8,696 miles | 210–420 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,118 miles | 220–440 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,262 miles | 224–447 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 9,913 miles | 239–479 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 10,714 miles | 259–517 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 10,971 miles | 265–530 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 11,536 miles | 278–557 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 11,549 miles | 279–558 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 11,648 miles | 281–562 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 11,860 miles | 286–573 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 11,960 miles | 289–577 ms |
Distances are from Dunedin. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Farms in Dunedin
The closest of our 24 data centres to Dunedin is Sydney, about 1,311 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Dunedin has a population of about 132,800, 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 Pacific/Auckland, 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 2020. Pricing is quoted in NZD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Dunedin
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Dunedin | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 1,311 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 5,183 miles | 125–250 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 5,884 miles | 142–284 ms |
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 Dunedin — FAQs
What size server does a Farms business in Dunedin, Otago need?
Where would the server for my Dunedin, Otago 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 Dunedin
Same city, different workload.
Farms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.