Fiddlesticks, Canada
Server infrastructure for Pharmacies in Fiddlesticks
There is no single correct server for Pharmacies; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a small Pharmacies business in Fiddlesticks that is about Single Core, 8 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 Fiddlesticks. 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 Most likely here
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
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.
Fiddlesticks is closest to Toronto. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Fiddlesticks ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Toronto, Canada | 49 miles | 1–2 ms |
| New York, United States | 372 miles | 9–18 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 387 miles | 9–19 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 702 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,156 miles | 28–56 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,218 miles | 29–59 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,031 miles | 49–98 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,125 miles | 51–103 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,209 miles | 53–107 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,596 miles | 87–174 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 3,763 miles | 91–182 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,799 miles | 92–183 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 3,974 miles | 96–192 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 3,981 miles | 96–192 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,171 miles | 101–201 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 4,868 miles | 118–235 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 5,806 miles | 140–280 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,424 miles | 155–310 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,269 miles | 175–351 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,797 miles | 188–376 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,804 miles | 188–377 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,822 miles | 189–378 ms |
| Singapore | 9,335 miles | 225–451 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,627 miles | 232–465 ms |
Distances are from Fiddlesticks. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Pharmacies in Fiddlesticks
The closest of our 24 data centres to Fiddlesticks is Toronto, about 49 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Fiddlesticks has a population of about 17,576, which is why the small 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 America/Toronto, 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 Fiddlesticks
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Fiddlesticks | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Torontoamericas | 49 miles | 1–2 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 372 miles | 9–18 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 387 miles | 9–19 ms |
Fiddlesticks sits in Ontario, 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 14,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Pharmacies hosting in Fiddlesticks — FAQs
What size server does a Pharmacies business in Fiddlesticks, ON need?
Where would the server for my Fiddlesticks, ON 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 Fiddlesticks
Same city, different workload.
Pharmacies hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.