Lancaster, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Farms in Lancaster
What Farms actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a medium Farms business in Lancaster 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 Lancaster. 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.
Lancaster is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Lancaster ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 208 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 339 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 557 miles | 13–27 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 797 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 867 miles | 21–42 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 943 miles | 23–46 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,449 miles | 35–70 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,383 miles | 58–115 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,304 miles | 80–160 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,379 miles | 82–163 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,770 miles | 91–182 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,048 miles | 98–195 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,294 miles | 104–207 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,573 miles | 110–221 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,578 miles | 111–221 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,162 miles | 125–249 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,241 miles | 127–253 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,261 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,581 miles | 111–221 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,013 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,846 miles | 141–282 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,976 miles | 144–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,810 miles | 164–329 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,557 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from Lancaster. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Farms in Lancaster
The closest of our 24 data centres to Lancaster is London, about 208 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Lancaster has a population of about 47,162, 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 Europe/London, 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 UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Pricing is quoted in GBP, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Lancaster
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Lancaster | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 208 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 339 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 557 miles | 13–27 ms |
Lancaster sits in England, 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 Lancaster — FAQs
What size server does a Farms business in Lancaster, England need?
Where would the server for my Lancaster, England 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 Lancaster
Same city, different workload.
Farms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.