Leeds, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Genomics in Leeds
Sizing infrastructure for Genomics starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a large Genomics business in Leeds 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 Leeds. 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.
Leeds is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Leeds ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 169 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 285 miles | 7–14 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 504 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 748 miles | 18–36 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 835 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 930 miles | 22–45 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,396 miles | 34–67 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,330 miles | 56–112 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,358 miles | 81–162 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,433 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,824 miles | 92–185 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,102 miles | 99–198 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,346 miles | 105–210 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,623 miles | 112–223 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,626 miles | 112–223 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,210 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,292 miles | 128–255 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,214 miles | 102–203 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,530 miles | 109–219 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,968 miles | 120–240 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,835 miles | 141–282 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,944 miles | 143–287 ms |
| Singapore | 6,764 miles | 163–327 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,526 miles | 254–508 ms |
Distances are from Leeds. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Genomics in Leeds
We work with businesses across the City Centre, Headingley, Chapel Allerton, Holbeck and the Calls. Leeds is a major northern business hub where strong local SEO sets firms apart.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Leeds is London, about 169 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Leeds has a population of about 536,280, 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 Leeds
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Leeds | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 169 miles | 4–8 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 285 miles | 7–14 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 504 miles | 12–24 ms |
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 Leeds — FAQs
What size server does a Genomics business in Leeds, England need?
Where would the server for my Leeds, 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 Leeds
Same city, different workload.
Genomics hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.