Alberta, Canada
Server infrastructure for Online Stores in Alberta
Sizing infrastructure for Online Stores starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a small Online Stores business in Alberta that is about Single Core, 6 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 Alberta. 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 Online Stores Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$81.20 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 1.0 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Online Stores
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$136.55 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 12 GB RAM
- 150 GB storage
- Managed
About 10.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Online Stores
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$499.90 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 6 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 500 GB storage
- Managed
About 104.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 32 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 Online Stores size up this way
Working from about 5,000 visits a month and roughly 18,000 requests a day, peaks run about 5× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 1.0 req/sec at peak
- 2.8 GB working set
- 3 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Online Stores
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 | Workable | Fine for a first storefront with a small catalogue, but checkout under load is where shared hosting shows its limits. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | Enough headroom for a catalogue, a cart and a payment gateway, with the caching layers a store needs to stay quick. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU is what keeps checkout responsive during a sale, when traffic arrives all at once rather than evenly. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for a high-traffic store, or one whose database has outgrown what a virtual instance can cache. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | Reserved for very large catalogues and enterprise commerce platforms running their own search and queue tiers. |
Online Stores workloads you can host
Checkout is the only page that must never be slow: a timeout at payment is a sale that does not come back.
- Storefront
- Product catalogue
- Cart & checkout
- Payment gateway
- Order management
- Abandoned-cart email
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Alberta is closest to Seattle. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Alberta ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 490 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,090 miles | 26–53 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,263 miles | 30–61 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,405 miles | 34–68 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,577 miles | 38–76 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 1,675 miles | 40–81 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,926 miles | 46–93 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,017 miles | 49–97 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,517 miles | 61–122 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,286 miles | 103–207 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 4,309 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,395 miles | 106–212 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,617 miles | 111–223 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,799 miles | 116–232 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,897 miles | 118–236 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,356 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,320 miles | 153–305 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,943 miles | 119–239 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,545 miles | 158–316 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,830 miles | 165–330 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,112 miles | 172–343 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,508 miles | 181–362 ms |
| Singapore | 8,151 miles | 197–394 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 8,221 miles | 198–397 ms |
Distances are from Alberta. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Online Stores in Alberta
The closest of our 24 data centres to Alberta is Seattle, about 490 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Alberta has a population of about 3,277, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a Online Stores business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/Edmonton, 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 PIPEDA. Pricing is quoted in CAD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Alberta
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Alberta | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Seattleamericas | 490 miles | 12–24 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 1,090 miles | 26–53 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 1,263 miles | 30–61 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 18,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Online Stores hosting in Alberta — FAQs
What size server does a Online Stores business in Alberta need?
Where would the server for my Alberta business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Online Stores, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host storefront for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Alberta
Same city, different workload.
Online Stores hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.