Allston, United States
Server infrastructure for Payroll Providers in Allston
Sizing infrastructure for Payroll Providers starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a medium Payroll Providers business in Allston that is about 2 Cores, 32 GB of memory and 200 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 Allston. 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 Payroll Providers
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$129.80 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 12 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
- Managed
About 1.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 8.4 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Payroll Providers Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$327.10 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 32 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 13.0 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 24 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Payroll Providers
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,100.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 8 Cores
- 128 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 129.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 96 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 Payroll Providers size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 140,000 requests a day, peaks run about 8× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 13.0 req/sec at peak
- 24 GB working set
- 8 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Payroll Providers
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 gives you no control over where data sits or who else is on the machine, which regulated records cannot accept. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Workable for a small practice, with the caveat that you own the patching and audit trail unless you add management. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Isolated, pinned resources in a data centre you choose, which is usually what a data-residency obligation actually requires. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | A single-tenant physical machine is the clearest answer to "who else can reach this data" — nobody. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For larger estates running several regulated systems on hardware you control end to end. |
Payroll Providers workloads you can host
The pay run is a fixed date with no tolerance for slipping, and it touches every employee record at once.
- Pay run processing
- Statutory deductions
- Payslip distribution
- Pension submissions
- Year-end filings
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Allston is closest to New York. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Allston ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 187 miles | 5–9 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 427 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 845 miles | 20–41 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 933 miles | 23–45 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,257 miles | 30–61 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,546 miles | 37–75 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,483 miles | 60–120 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,587 miles | 62–125 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,678 miles | 65–129 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,274 miles | 79–158 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,402 miles | 82–164 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,456 miles | 83–167 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,667 miles | 89–177 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 3,746 miles | 90–181 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 3,830 miles | 92–185 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,567 miles | 110–220 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,477 miles | 132–264 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,706 miles | 162–324 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,144 miles | 172–345 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,612 miles | 184–368 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,763 miles | 187–375 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,955 miles | 192–384 ms |
| Singapore | 9,400 miles | 227–454 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,088 miles | 244–487 ms |
Distances are from Allston. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Payroll Providers in Allston
Finance & Insurance is one of the sectors Allston is known for, so this is a workload we are asked about here more than most.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Allston is New York, about 187 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Allston has a population of about 28,821, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Payroll Providers business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/New York, 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 state privacy laws such as the CCPA. Pricing is quoted in USD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Allston
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Allston | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| New Yorkamericas | 187 miles | 5–9 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 427 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 845 miles | 20–41 ms |
Allston sits in Massachusetts, 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 140,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Payroll Providers hosting in Allston — FAQs
What size server does a Payroll Providers business in Allston, MA need?
Where would the server for my Allston, MA business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Payroll Providers, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host pay run processing for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Allston
Same city, different workload.
Payroll Providers hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.