Iona, United States
Server infrastructure for Gaming Companies & Communities in Iona
Sizing infrastructure for Gaming Companies & Communities starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a small Gaming business in Iona 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 Iona. 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 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 0.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.1 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Gaming
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 2.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Gaming
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$347.35 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 32 GB RAM
- 350 GB storage
- Managed
About 23.2 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.
Which tiers suit Gaming Companies & 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 Companies & Communities workloads you can host
- Game servers
- Matchmaking
- Player databases
- Voice chat
- Mod & asset hosting
- Anti-cheat
Gaming in Iona, business by business
These are not the same workload. Sized at the small band, here is what each one actually needs.
| Business | Build | Tier | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Server Hosting | 1 vCPU · 6 GB · 50 GB | VPS | Tick rate is the whole product: a stutter is felt by every player at once and is not forgiven. |
| Game Development | 1 vCPU · 16 GB · 1500 GB | VPS | Game assets are enormous binaries, and version control for them is a storage problem more than a code one. |
| Esports Organisations | 1 vCPU · 6 GB · 400 GB | VPS | Everything happens during the event window, where thousands watch a match that must not stutter. |
| Gaming Communities | 1 vCPU · 6 GB · 150 GB | VPS | Evenings and weekends carry nearly all the activity, and voice runs for hours per session. |
| Gaming Venues | 2 vCPU · 24 GB · 450 GB | VDS | Every outcome is logged for audit, and the regulator's requirements shape the architecture more than the playe... |
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Iona is closest to Miami. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Iona ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Miami, United States | 122 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 520 miles | 13–25 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 989 miles | 24–48 ms |
| New York, United States | 1,081 miles | 26–52 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,109 miles | 27–54 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 1,193 miles | 29–58 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,214 miles | 53–107 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,441 miles | 59–118 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,617 miles | 63–126 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 4,465 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,467 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,660 miles | 113–225 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,861 miles | 117–235 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,989 miles | 120–241 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,993 miles | 121–241 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,765 miles | 139–278 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,631 miles | 160–320 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 7,354 miles | 178–355 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 8,394 miles | 203–405 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,863 miles | 214–428 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,894 miles | 215–429 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,984 miles | 217–434 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,256 miles | 223–447 ms |
| Singapore | 10,473 miles | 253–506 ms |
Distances are from Iona. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Gaming Companies & Communities in Iona
The closest of our 24 data centres to Iona is Miami, about 122 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Iona has a population of about 15,369, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a Gaming business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/New York, 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 Iona
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Iona | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Miamiamericas | 122 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 520 miles | 13–25 ms |
| Dallasamericas | 989 miles | 24–48 ms |
Iona sits in Florida, 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.
Gaming Companies & Communities hosting in Iona — FAQs
What size server does a Gaming business in Iona, FL need?
Where would the server for my Iona, FL business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Gaming Companies & Communities, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host game servers for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Iona
Same city, different workload.
Gaming Companies & Communities hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.