Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Gaming Companies & Communities in Kingston upon Hull
What Gaming Companies & Communities actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a large Gaming business in Kingston upon Hull that is about 2 Cores, 32 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 Kingston upon Hull. 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
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 Most likely here
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 Kingston upon Hull, business by business
These are not the same workload. Sized at the large band, here is what each one actually needs.
| Business | Build | Tier | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Server Hosting | 6 vCPU · 48 GB · 350 GB | VDS | Tick rate is the whole product: a stutter is felt by every player at once and is not forgiven. |
| Game Development | 16 vCPU · 196 GB · 4000 GB | Dedicated Server | Game assets are enormous binaries, and version control for them is a storage problem more than a code one. |
| Esports Organisations | 8 vCPU · 48 GB · 4000 GB | VDS | Everything happens during the event window, where thousands watch a match that must not stutter. |
| Gaming Communities | 4 vCPU · 32 GB · 1500 GB | VDS | Evenings and weekends carry nearly all the activity, and voice runs for hours per session. |
| Gaming Venues | 16 vCPU · 256 GB · 4000 GB | Dedicated Server | 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.
Kingston upon Hull is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Kingston upon Hull ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 155 miles | 4–7 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 237 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 458 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 712 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 797 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 934 miles | 23–45 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,347 miles | 33–65 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,284 miles | 55–110 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,407 miles | 82–164 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,480 miles | 84–168 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,870 miles | 93–187 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,150 miles | 100–200 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,396 miles | 106–212 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,657 miles | 112–225 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,673 miles | 113–226 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,247 miles | 127–253 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,331 miles | 129–257 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,165 miles | 101–201 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,481 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,921 miles | 119–238 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,812 miles | 140–281 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,904 miles | 143–285 ms |
| Singapore | 6,717 miles | 162–324 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,487 miles | 253–506 ms |
Distances are from Kingston upon Hull. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Gaming Companies & Communities in Kingston upon Hull
The closest of our 24 data centres to Kingston upon Hull is London, about 155 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Kingston upon Hull has a population of about 314,018, which is why the large 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 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 Kingston upon Hull
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Kingston upon Hull | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 155 miles | 4–7 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 237 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 458 miles | 11–22 ms |
Kingston upon Hull 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 500,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Gaming Companies & Communities hosting in Kingston upon Hull — FAQs
What size server does a Gaming business in Kingston upon Hull, England need?
Where would the server for my Kingston upon Hull, England 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 Kingston upon Hull
Same city, different workload.
Gaming Companies & Communities hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.