Coventry, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Genomics in Coventry
There is no single correct server for Genomics; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a large Genomics business in Coventry that is about 32 Cores, 512 GB of memory and 4000 GB of storage on Bare Metal.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Coventry. 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 Genomics
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$803.65 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 3000 GB storage
- GPU on request
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 44.8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Genomics
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$2,140.15 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 196 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 0.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 128 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Genomics Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$4,549.90 USD USD
per month · Bare Metal
- 32 Cores
- 512 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 4.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 512 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 Genomics size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 266,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 2,000 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; about 512 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast; and each request costs real computation rather than a cache lookup, so cores matter more here than on a typical site.
- 4.6 req/sec at peak
- 512 GB working set
- 2,000 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Genomics
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 | There is no version of this workload that fits on shared hosting. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Useful for development, notebooks and light inference, but not for training or sustained compute. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Workable | Suits CPU-bound preprocessing and data preparation with a guaranteed share of the machine. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Production compute wants the whole machine, with memory bandwidth that is not being shared. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Recommended | Training, inference and simulation belong on physical hardware, with GPUs available on request. |
Genomics workloads you can host
A single run produces enormous files and the pipeline is CPU-bound for hours — this is batch compute, not a web workload.
- Sequence alignment
- Variant calling pipelines
- Reference genome storage
- Batch job scheduling
- Results archive
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Coventry is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Coventry ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 86 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 270 miles | 7–13 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 468 miles | 11–23 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 681 miles | 16–33 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 835 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 892 miles | 22–43 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,370 miles | 33–66 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,289 miles | 55–110 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,386 miles | 82–163 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,471 miles | 84–168 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,867 miles | 93–187 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,131 miles | 100–199 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,361 miles | 105–211 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,668 miles | 113–225 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,699 miles | 113–227 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,279 miles | 127–255 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,355 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,229 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,528 miles | 109–219 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,990 miles | 120–241 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,917 miles | 143–286 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,995 miles | 145–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,785 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,578 miles | 255–511 ms |
Distances are from Coventry. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Genomics in Coventry
The closest of our 24 data centres to Coventry is London, about 86 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Coventry has a population of about 345,324, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a Genomics 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 Coventry
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Coventry | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 86 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 270 miles | 7–13 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 468 miles | 11–23 ms |
Coventry 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 266,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Genomics hosting in Coventry — FAQs
What size server does a Genomics business in Coventry, England need?
Where would the server for my Coventry, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Genomics, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host sequence alignment for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Coventry
Same city, different workload.
Genomics hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.