Imperial, United States
Server infrastructure for Genomics in Imperial
Most Genomics outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a small Genomics business in Imperial that is about 4 Cores, 48 GB of memory and 3000 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 Imperial. 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 Most likely here
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
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 5,000 visits a month and roughly 2,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 175 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; about 45 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.
- 0.1 req/sec at peak
- 44.8 GB working set
- 175 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.
Imperial is closest to Los Angeles. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Imperial ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 175 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 476 miles | 12–23 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 1,079 miles | 26–52 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,089 miles | 26–53 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,647 miles | 40–80 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,795 miles | 43–87 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,081 miles | 50–100 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,176 miles | 53–105 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,341 miles | 57–113 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,422 miles | 131–262 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,539 miles | 134–267 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,545 miles | 134–268 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,768 miles | 139–278 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,770 miles | 139–279 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 6,018 miles | 145–291 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,579 miles | 159–318 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,552 miles | 182–365 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,653 miles | 136–273 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,409 miles | 179–358 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,598 miles | 183–367 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 8,111 miles | 196–392 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,295 miles | 200–400 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,806 miles | 213–425 ms |
| Singapore | 8,949 miles | 216–432 ms |
Distances are from Imperial. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Genomics in Imperial
The closest of our 24 data centres to Imperial is Los Angeles, about 175 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Imperial has a population of about 17,095, which is why the small 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 America/Los Angeles, 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 Imperial
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Imperial | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angelesamericas | 175 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 476 miles | 12–23 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 1,079 miles | 26–52 ms |
Imperial sits in California, 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 2,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Genomics hosting in Imperial — FAQs
What size server does a Genomics business in Imperial, CA need?
Where would the server for my Imperial, CA 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 Imperial
Same city, different workload.
Genomics hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.