Didcot, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Pharmacies in Didcot
Most Pharmacies outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a medium Pharmacies business in Didcot that is about 2 Cores, 24 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 Didcot. 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 Pharmacies
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 0.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 4.9 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Pharmacies Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$255.55 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 4.9 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 14 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Pharmacies
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$587.65 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 64 GB RAM
- 600 GB storage
- Managed
About 48.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 56 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 Pharmacies
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. |
Pharmacies workloads you can host
The controlled-drugs register is an auditable legal record, which makes retention and integrity the design constraint.
- Dispensing records
- Stock & controlled drugs register
- Repeat prescriptions
- Click & collect
- Supplier ordering
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Didcot is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Didcot ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 48 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 267 miles | 6–13 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 445 miles | 11–21 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 638 miles | 15–31 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 782 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 920 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,348 miles | 33–65 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,257 miles | 54–109 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,413 miles | 82–165 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,503 miles | 85–169 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,902 miles | 94–188 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,159 miles | 100–201 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,380 miles | 106–211 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,702 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,749 miles | 115–229 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,326 miles | 129–257 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,400 miles | 130–261 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,228 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,517 miles | 109–218 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,992 miles | 121–241 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,958 miles | 144–288 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,016 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Singapore | 6,786 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,597 miles | 256–512 ms |
Distances are from Didcot. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Pharmacies in Didcot
The closest of our 24 data centres to Didcot is London, about 48 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Didcot has a population of about 29,341, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Pharmacies 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 Didcot
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Didcot | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 48 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 267 miles | 6–13 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 445 miles | 11–21 ms |
Didcot 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 140,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Pharmacies hosting in Didcot — FAQs
What size server does a Pharmacies business in Didcot, England need?
Where would the server for my Didcot, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Pharmacies, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host dispensing records for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Didcot
Same city, different workload.