Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Pharmacies in Shrewsbury
There is no single correct server for Pharmacies; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium Pharmacies business in Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury. 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.
Shrewsbury is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Shrewsbury ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 139 miles | 3–7 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 322 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 524 miles | 13–25 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 735 miles | 18–35 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 851 miles | 21–41 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 919 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,426 miles | 34–69 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,345 miles | 57–113 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,330 miles | 80–161 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,414 miles | 82–165 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,811 miles | 92–184 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,075 miles | 98–197 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,306 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,612 miles | 111–223 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,650 miles | 112–224 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,227 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,302 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,276 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,580 miles | 111–221 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,035 miles | 122–243 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,925 miles | 143–286 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,027 miles | 145–291 ms |
| Singapore | 6,830 miles | 165–330 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,610 miles | 256–512 ms |
Distances are from Shrewsbury. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Pharmacies in Shrewsbury
The closest of our 24 data centres to Shrewsbury is London, about 139 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Shrewsbury has a population of about 76,782, 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 Shrewsbury
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Shrewsbury | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 139 miles | 3–7 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 322 miles | 8–16 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 524 miles | 13–25 ms |
Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury — FAQs
What size server does a Pharmacies business in Shrewsbury, England need?
Where would the server for my Shrewsbury, 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 Shrewsbury
Same city, different workload.
Pharmacies hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.