Derby, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for IT Services in Derby
Sizing infrastructure for IT Services starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a large IT Services business in Derby that is about 8 Cores, 64 GB of memory and 700 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 Derby. 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 IT Services
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$97.40 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 8 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 1.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 4.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium IT Services
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$173 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 16 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 13.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 12 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large IT Services Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$668.65 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 8 Cores
- 64 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 138.9 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.
Which tiers suit IT Services
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. |
IT Services workloads you can host
An MSP runs its tooling for other people's networks, so the box matters most when everyone's systems break at once — capacity is sized for the bad morning, not the average one.
- Ticketing & helpdesk
- Remote monitoring (RMM)
- Client documentation
- Patch management
- Backup orchestration
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Derby is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Derby ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 113 miles | 3–5 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 270 miles | 7–13 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 477 miles | 12–23 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 704 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 868 miles | 21–42 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 870 miles | 21–42 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,377 miles | 33–66 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,302 miles | 56–111 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,378 miles | 82–163 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,458 miles | 83–167 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,852 miles | 93–186 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,122 miles | 100–199 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,357 miles | 105–210 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,654 miles | 112–225 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,672 miles | 113–226 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,255 miles | 127–254 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,333 miles | 129–257 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,221 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,527 miles | 109–219 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,980 miles | 120–240 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,885 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,974 miles | 144–288 ms |
| Singapore | 6,775 miles | 164–327 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,557 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from Derby. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
IT Services in Derby
The closest of our 24 data centres to Derby is London, about 113 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Derby has a population of about 270,468, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a IT Services 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 Derby
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Derby | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 113 miles | 3–5 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 270 miles | 7–13 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 477 miles | 12–23 ms |
Derby 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 4,000,000 requests a day crossing that link.
IT Services hosting in Derby — FAQs
What size server does a IT Services business in Derby, England need?
Where would the server for my Derby, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for IT Services, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host ticketing & helpdesk for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Derby
Same city, different workload.
IT Services hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.