Cardiff, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for HR Software in Cardiff
What HR Software actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a large HR Software business in Cardiff that is about 16 Cores, 96 GB of memory and 700 GB of storage on Dedicated Server.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Cardiff. 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 HR Software
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$97.40 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 8 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
- Managed
About 2.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 4.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium HR Software
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$186.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- 2 Cores
- 16 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 23.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 12 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large HR Software Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,046.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 231.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 48 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 HR Software size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 4,000,000 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 231.5 req/sec at peak
- 48 GB working set
- 40 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit HR Software
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 | Shared hosting cannot run background workers, queues or long-lived processes, which a SaaS application depends on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | The natural home for an early-stage product: root access, your own runtime, and the ability to resize as you grow. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned resources give you the predictable latency your customers will hold you to in an SLA. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Right once the database and the application tier are competing for the same memory on a single virtual instance. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For platforms running their own virtualization, or holding a large working set entirely in memory. |
HR Software workloads you can host
Payroll is a hard deadline rather than a busy period, and it touches every record at once.
- Employee records
- Payroll processing
- Leave & attendance
- Onboarding workflows
- Document vault
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Cardiff is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Cardiff ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 131 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 526 miles | 13–25 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 701 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 765 miles | 18–37 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 988 miles | 24–48 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,428 miles | 34–69 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,331 miles | 56–113 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,336 miles | 81–161 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,430 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,831 miles | 92–185 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,082 miles | 99–197 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,299 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,630 miles | 112–224 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,704 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,274 miles | 127–255 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,342 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,311 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,600 miles | 111–222 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,075 miles | 123–245 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,008 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,090 miles | 147–294 ms |
| Singapore | 6,869 miles | 166–332 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,673 miles | 258–515 ms |
Distances are from Cardiff. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
HR Software in Cardiff
We work with businesses across the City Centre, Cardiff Bay, Cathays, Pontcanna and Roath. Cardiff is Wales’ capital and largest market, where local SEO drives enquiries.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Cardiff is London, about 131 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Cardiff has a population of about 372,089, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a HR Software 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 Cardiff
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Cardiff | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 131 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 350 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 526 miles | 13–25 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 4,000,000 requests a day crossing that link.
HR Software hosting in Cardiff — FAQs
What size server does a HR Software business in Cardiff, Wales need?
Where would the server for my Cardiff, Wales business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for HR Software, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host employee records for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Cardiff
Same city, different workload.
HR Software hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.