Guildford, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for IT Services in Guildford
There is no single correct server for IT Services; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium IT Services business in Guildford that is about Single Core, 16 GB of memory and 200 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 Guildford. 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 Most likely here
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
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.
Guildford is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Guildford ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 27 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 247 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 412 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 599 miles | 14–29 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 762 miles | 18–37 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 917 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,315 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,220 miles | 54–107 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,449 miles | 83–167 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,540 miles | 85–171 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,939 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,194 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,413 miles | 107–213 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,739 miles | 114–229 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,787 miles | 116–231 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,365 miles | 130–259 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,439 miles | 131–263 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,204 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,488 miles | 108–217 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,971 miles | 120–240 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,966 miles | 144–288 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,006 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Singapore | 6,763 miles | 163–327 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,586 miles | 256–511 ms |
Distances are from Guildford. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
IT Services in Guildford
The closest of our 24 data centres to Guildford is London, about 27 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Guildford has a population of about 71,873, which is why the medium 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 Guildford
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Guildford | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 27 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 247 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 412 miles | 10–20 ms |
Guildford 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 medium size assumed above, that is roughly 400,000 requests a day crossing that link.
IT Services hosting in Guildford — FAQs
What size server does a IT Services business in Guildford, England need?
Where would the server for my Guildford, 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 Guildford
Same city, different workload.
IT Services hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.