Oldham, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Farms in Oldham
There is no single correct server for Farms; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium Farms business in Oldham 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 Oldham. 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.
Oldham is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Oldham ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 163 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 303 miles | 7–15 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 518 miles | 12–25 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 752 miles | 18–36 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 864 miles | 21–42 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 910 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,413 miles | 34–68 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,343 miles | 57–113 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,340 miles | 81–161 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,417 miles | 82–165 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,810 miles | 92–184 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,085 miles | 99–197 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,325 miles | 104–209 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,612 miles | 111–223 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,622 miles | 112–223 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,206 miles | 126–251 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,285 miles | 128–255 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,240 miles | 102–205 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,554 miles | 110–220 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,995 miles | 121–241 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,862 miles | 142–283 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,973 miles | 144–288 ms |
| Singapore | 6,791 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,555 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from Oldham. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Farms in Oldham
The closest of our 24 data centres to Oldham is London, about 163 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Oldham has a population of about 237,110, 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 Oldham
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Oldham | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 163 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 303 miles | 7–15 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 518 miles | 12–25 ms |
Oldham 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 Oldham — FAQs
What size server does a Farms business in Oldham, England need?
Where would the server for my Oldham, 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 Oldham
Same city, different workload.
Farms hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.