Hayes, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Gaming Communities in Hayes
The right server for Gaming Communities is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a medium Gaming Communities business in Hayes that is about Single Core, 10 GB of memory and 350 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 Hayes. 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 Gaming Communities
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$87.95 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 150 GB storage
About 0.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.1 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Gaming Communities Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$144.65 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 350 GB storage
- Managed
About 3.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Gaming Communities
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$536.35 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 32 GB RAM
- 1500 GB storage
- Managed
About 34.7 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 Gaming Communities size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 50,000 requests a day, peaks run about 6× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 3.5 req/sec at peak
- 6 GB working set
- 25 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Gaming Communities
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. |
Gaming Communities workloads you can host
Evenings and weekends carry nearly all the activity, and voice runs for hours per session.
- Forums & chat
- Clan & roster management
- Mod hosting
- Event calendars
- Voice channels
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Hayes has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Hayes ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | Same city | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 234 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 409 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 606 miles | 15–29 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 783 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 899 miles | 22–43 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,312 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,222 miles | 54–107 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,449 miles | 83–167 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,538 miles | 85–171 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,936 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,194 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,416 miles | 107–213 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,736 miles | 114–229 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,776 miles | 115–231 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,356 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,431 miles | 131–262 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,194 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,481 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,960 miles | 120–239 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,946 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,990 miles | 145–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,753 miles | 163–326 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,570 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from Hayes. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Gaming Communities in Hayes
The closest of our 24 data centres to Hayes is London, about 13 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Hayes has a population of about 93,928, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Gaming Communities 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 Hayes
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Hayes | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | In your metro | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 234 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 409 miles | 10–20 ms |
Hayes 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 50,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Gaming Communities hosting in Hayes — FAQs
What size server does a Gaming Communities business in Hayes, England need?
Where would the server for my Hayes, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Gaming Communities, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host forums & chat for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Hayes
Same city, different workload.
Gaming Communities hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.