Brisbane, Australia
Server infrastructure for Game Server Hosting in Brisbane
The right server for Game Server Hosting is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a large Game Server Hosting business in Brisbane that is about 6 Cores, 48 GB of memory and 350 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 Brisbane. 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 Game Server Hosting
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$78.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 50 GB storage
About 0.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.1 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Game Server Hosting
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$116.30 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 100 GB storage
- Managed
About 2.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Game Server Hosting Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$479.65 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 6 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 350 GB storage
- Managed
About 28.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 24 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 Game Server Hosting size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 500,000 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one; and each request costs real computation rather than a cache lookup, so cores matter more here than on a typical site.
- 28.9 req/sec at peak
- 24 GB working set
- 20 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Game Server Hosting
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 | Persistent connections and custom ports are exactly what a shared platform does not permit. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Enough for a small server or a test instance, though a noisy neighbour shows up immediately as jitter. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned cores are what keep tick rate and call quality steady; on a contended instance they are not. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Single-tenant hardware removes the last source of variance, which is what these workloads are judged on. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For operators running many instances at once on hardware they control. |
Game Server Hosting workloads you can host
Tick rate is the whole product: a stutter is felt by every player at once and is not forgiven.
- Game server instances
- Tick loop & state sync
- Voice chat relay
- Mod & map storage
- Anti-cheat
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Brisbane is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Brisbane ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 455 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Singapore | 3,824 miles | 92–185 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 4,308 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,449 miles | 107–215 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,528 miles | 133–267 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 6,247 miles | 151–302 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,325 miles | 153–305 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,091 miles | 171–342 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,186 miles | 173–347 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,362 miles | 178–355 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 8,323 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 8,925 miles | 215–431 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,038 miles | 218–436 ms |
| Miami, United States | 9,173 miles | 221–443 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,344 miles | 226–451 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,631 miles | 233–465 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,770 miles | 212–423 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 9,308 miles | 225–449 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 9,381 miles | 226–453 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 9,999 miles | 241–483 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 10,062 miles | 243–486 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 10,103 miles | 244–488 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 10,269 miles | 248–496 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 10,839 miles | 262–523 ms |
Distances are from Brisbane. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Game Server Hosting in Brisbane
We work with businesses across the CBD, Fortitude Valley, South Bank, Newstead and West End. Brisbane is a fast-growing market where local visibility and speed drive enquiries.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Brisbane is Sydney, about 455 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Brisbane has a population of about 2,780,063, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a Game Server Hosting business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is Australia/Brisbane, 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 Brisbane
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Brisbane | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 455 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 3,824 miles | 92–185 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 4,308 miles | 104–208 ms |
Brisbane sits in Queensland, 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 500,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Game Server Hosting hosting in Brisbane — FAQs
What size server does a Game Server Hosting business in Brisbane, QLD need?
Where would the server for my Brisbane, QLD business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Game Server Hosting, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host game server instances for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Brisbane
Same city, different workload.
Game Server Hosting hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.