Reston, United States
Server infrastructure for Headless CMS in Reston
Most Headless CMS outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a medium Headless CMS business in Reston that is about Single Core, 3 GB of memory and 30 GB of storage on Shared Hosting.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Reston. 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 Headless CMS
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
On request
Shared Hosting
- Single Core
- 3 GB RAM
- 30 GB storage
About 0.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 0.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Headless CMS Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
On request
Shared Hosting
- Single Core
- 3 GB RAM
- 30 GB storage
- Managed
The same build as small — at 2.4 requests a second this workload still fits comfortably, so there is nothing to gain by paying for more.
Configure this build →Large Headless CMS
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$78.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 50 GB storage
- Managed
About 24.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2 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 Headless CMS size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 41,667 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 2.4 req/sec at peak
- 0.5 GB working set
- 1 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Headless CMS
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 | Recommended | A brochure site with light traffic runs comfortably on shared hosting, and the managed platform means no server to look after. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | A VPS gives you root, your own PHP and Nginx versions, and room for the site to grow past what shared hosting allows. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Workable | Worth moving to once the site fronts an application rather than pages, or when a slow neighbour has cost you a lead. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Workable | More machine than a brochure site needs, but the right answer when it sits alongside other systems on the same box. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Not this one | Bare metal is sized for sustained heavy compute; a brochure site would leave almost all of it idle. |
Headless CMS workloads you can host
Rebuilds are the spike: an editor saves a page and the whole site regenerates.
- Content API
- Build & deploy hooks
- Media transforms
- Preview environments
- CDN invalidation
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Reston is closest to New York. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Reston ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 214 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 341 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 532 miles | 13–26 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 577 miles | 14–28 ms |
| Miami, United States | 927 miles | 22–45 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,167 miles | 28–56 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,277 miles | 55–110 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,305 miles | 56–111 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,402 miles | 58–116 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,674 miles | 89–177 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,796 miles | 92–183 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,855 miles | 93–186 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,067 miles | 98–196 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,129 miles | 100–199 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,231 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,966 miles | 120–240 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,878 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,765 miles | 163–327 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,496 miles | 181–362 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,988 miles | 193–386 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,085 miles | 195–390 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,137 miles | 196–393 ms |
| Singapore | 9,650 miles | 233–466 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,746 miles | 235–471 ms |
Distances are from Reston. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Headless CMS in Reston
The closest of our 24 data centres to Reston is New York, about 214 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Reston has a population of about 58,404, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Headless CMS business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/New York, 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 Reston
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Reston | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| New Yorkamericas | 214 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 341 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 532 miles | 13–26 ms |
Reston sits in Virginia, 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 41,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Headless CMS hosting in Reston — FAQs
What size server does a Headless CMS business in Reston, VA need?
Where would the server for my Reston, VA business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Headless CMS, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host content API for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Reston
Same city, different workload.