Cowley, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for HR Software in Cowley
Infrastructure for HR Software is a question of matching the machine to the application, then putting it near the people using it. For a small HR Software business in Cowley that is about Single Core, 8 GB of memory and 80 GB of storage on VPS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Cowley. 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 Most likely here
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
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 5,000 visits a month and roughly 40,000 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 2.3 req/sec at peak
- 4.2 GB working set
- 4 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.
Cowley is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Cowley ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 49 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 263 miles | 6–13 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 445 miles | 11–21 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 642 miles | 15–31 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 791 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 913 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,348 miles | 33–65 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,258 miles | 55–109 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,412 miles | 82–165 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,501 miles | 85–169 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,899 miles | 94–188 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,158 miles | 100–201 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,380 miles | 106–211 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,700 miles | 113–227 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,744 miles | 115–229 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,321 miles | 128–257 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,396 miles | 130–260 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,225 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,515 miles | 109–218 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,989 miles | 120–241 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,950 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,010 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Singapore | 6,782 miles | 164–327 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,592 miles | 256–511 ms |
Distances are from Cowley. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
HR Software in Cowley
The closest of our 24 data centres to Cowley is London, about 49 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Cowley has a population of about 16,500, which is why the small 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 Cowley
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Cowley | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 49 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 263 miles | 6–13 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 445 miles | 11–21 ms |
Cowley sits in England, 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 40,000 requests a day crossing that link.
HR Software hosting in Cowley — FAQs
What size server does a HR Software business in Cowley, England need?
Where would the server for my Cowley, England 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 Cowley
Same city, different workload.