Machesney Park, United States
Server infrastructure for Game Server Hosting in Machesney Park
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 small Game Server Hosting business in Machesney Park that is about Single Core, 6 GB of memory and 50 GB of storage on VPS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Machesney Park. 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 Most likely here
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
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 5,000 visits a month and roughly 5,000 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.
- 0.3 req/sec at peak
- 2.1 GB working set
- 2 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.
Machesney Park is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Machesney Park ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Chicago, United States | 79 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 496 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 645 miles | 16–31 ms |
| New York, United States | 785 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 785 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,251 miles | 30–60 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 1,654 miles | 40–80 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,676 miles | 40–81 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,768 miles | 43–85 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,979 miles | 96–192 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,134 miles | 100–200 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,225 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,288 miles | 104–207 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,356 miles | 105–210 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,563 miles | 110–220 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,229 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,182 miles | 149–298 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,232 miles | 150–301 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,464 miles | 180–360 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,730 miles | 187–373 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,948 miles | 192–384 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,039 miles | 194–388 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,178 miles | 222–443 ms |
| Singapore | 9,313 miles | 225–450 ms |
Distances are from Machesney Park. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Game Server Hosting in Machesney Park
The closest of our 24 data centres to Machesney Park is Chicago, about 79 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Machesney Park has a population of about 22,927, which is why the small 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 America/Chicago, 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 state privacy laws such as the CCPA. Pricing is quoted in USD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Machesney Park
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Machesney Park | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Chicagoamericas | 79 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 496 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 645 miles | 16–31 ms |
Machesney Park sits in Illinois, 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 5,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Game Server Hosting hosting in Machesney Park — FAQs
What size server does a Game Server Hosting business in Machesney Park, IL need?
Where would the server for my Machesney Park, IL 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 Machesney Park
Same city, different workload.
Game Server Hosting hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.