Saanich, Canada
Server infrastructure for Gaming Companies & Communities in Saanich
Infrastructure for Gaming Companies & Communities is a question of matching the machine to the application, then putting it near the people using it. For a medium Gaming business in Saanich that is about Single Core, 10 GB of memory and 100 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 Saanich. 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 Most likely here
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 Saanich, business by business
These are not the same workload. Sized at the medium band, here is what each one actually needs.
| Business | Build | Tier | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Server Hosting | 1 vCPU · 10 GB · 100 GB | VPS | Tick rate is the whole product: a stutter is felt by every player at once and is not forgiven. |
| Game Development | 4 vCPU · 48 GB · 4000 GB | VDS | Game assets are enormous binaries, and version control for them is a storage problem more than a code one. |
| Esports Organisations | 1 vCPU · 10 GB · 1000 GB | VPS | Everything happens during the event window, where thousands watch a match that must not stutter. |
| Gaming Communities | 1 vCPU · 10 GB · 350 GB | VPS | Evenings and weekends carry nearly all the activity, and voice runs for hours per session. |
| Gaming Venues | 4 vCPU · 64 GB · 1500 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.
Saanich is closest to Seattle. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Saanich ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 81 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 777 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,036 miles | 25–50 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,753 miles | 42–85 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,782 miles | 43–86 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,104 miles | 51–102 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,239 miles | 54–108 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,442 miles | 59–118 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,798 miles | 68–135 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,673 miles | 113–226 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 4,757 miles | 115–230 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,831 miles | 117–233 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,050 miles | 122–244 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,273 miles | 127–255 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,339 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,752 miles | 139–278 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,704 miles | 162–324 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,710 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,393 miles | 154–309 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,958 miles | 168–336 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,146 miles | 173–345 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,658 miles | 185–370 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,735 miles | 187–373 ms |
| Singapore | 7,987 miles | 193–386 ms |
Distances are from Saanich. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Gaming Companies & Communities in Saanich
The closest of our 24 data centres to Saanich is Seattle, about 81 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Saanich has a population of about 117,735, which is why the medium 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/Vancouver, 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 PIPEDA. Pricing is quoted in CAD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Saanich
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Saanich | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Seattleamericas | 81 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 777 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 1,036 miles | 25–50 ms |
Saanich sits in British Columbia, 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 Companies & Communities hosting in Saanich — FAQs
What size server does a Gaming business in Saanich, BC need?
Where would the server for my Saanich, BC 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 Saanich
Same city, different workload.
Gaming Companies & Communities hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.