Townline, Canada
Server infrastructure for Genomics in Townline
Infrastructure for Genomics is a question of matching the machine to the application, then putting it near the people using it. For a small Genomics business in Townline 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 Townline. 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.
Townline is closest to Seattle. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Townline ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 101 miles | 2–5 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 809 miles | 20–39 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,058 miles | 26–51 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,731 miles | 42–84 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,737 miles | 42–84 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,055 miles | 50–99 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,203 miles | 53–106 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,393 miles | 58–116 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,766 miles | 67–134 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,623 miles | 112–223 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 4,702 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,777 miles | 115–231 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,997 miles | 121–241 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,216 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,285 miles | 128–255 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,702 miles | 138–275 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,656 miles | 161–321 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,733 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,406 miles | 155–309 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,939 miles | 167–335 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,138 miles | 172–345 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,636 miles | 184–369 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,792 miles | 188–376 ms |
| Singapore | 8,003 miles | 193–386 ms |
Distances are from Townline. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Genomics in Townline
The closest of our 24 data centres to Townline is Seattle, about 101 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Townline has a population of about 21,095, 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/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 Townline
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Townline | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Seattleamericas | 101 miles | 2–5 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 809 miles | 20–39 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 1,058 miles | 26–51 ms |
Townline 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 2,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Genomics hosting in Townline — FAQs
What size server does a Genomics business in Townline, BC need?
Where would the server for my Townline, BC 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 Townline
Same city, different workload.
Genomics hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.