Cary, United States
Server infrastructure for Publishing in Cary
The right server for Publishing is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a medium Publishing business in Cary that is about 2 Cores, 24 GB of memory and 600 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 Cary. 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 Publishing
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$131.15 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 250 GB storage
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 7 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Publishing Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$309.55 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 600 GB storage
- Managed
About 1.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 20 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Publishing
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,161.40 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 6 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 3000 GB storage
- Managed
About 14.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 80 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 Publishing
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 | Recommended | A brochure site with light traffic runs comfortably on shared hosting, and the managed platform means no server to look after. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | A VPS gives you root, your own PHP and Nginx versions, and room for the site to grow past what shared hosting allows. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Workable | Worth moving to once the site fronts an application rather than pages, or when a slow neighbour has cost you a lead. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Workable | More machine than a brochure site needs, but the right answer when it sits alongside other systems on the same box. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Not this one | Bare metal is sized for sustained heavy compute; a brochure site would leave almost all of it idle. |
Publishing workloads you can host
The archive is the asset, and it must stay searchable long after the issue stopped selling.
- Editorial CMS
- Digital editions
- Subscriber paywall
- Archive & back issues
- Rights management
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Cary is closest to Atlanta. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Cary ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Atlanta, United States | 348 miles | 8–17 ms |
| New York, United States | 427 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 544 miles | 13–26 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 635 miles | 15–31 ms |
| Miami, United States | 698 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,048 miles | 25–51 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 2,224 miles | 54–107 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 2,354 miles | 57–114 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 2,377 miles | 57–115 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 3,879 miles | 94–187 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,969 miles | 96–192 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,064 miles | 98–196 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,274 miles | 103–206 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,354 miles | 105–210 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,428 miles | 107–214 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,175 miles | 125–250 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,076 miles | 147–293 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,915 miles | 167–334 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,729 miles | 187–373 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,217 miles | 198–397 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,318 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,333 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,630 miles | 232–465 ms |
| Singapore | 9,865 miles | 238–476 ms |
Distances are from Cary. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Publishing in Cary
The closest of our 24 data centres to Cary is Atlanta, about 348 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Cary has a population of about 159,769, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Publishing 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 Cary
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Cary | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantaamericas | 348 miles | 8–17 ms |
| New Yorkamericas | 427 miles | 10–21 ms |
| Torontoamericas | 544 miles | 13–26 ms |
Cary sits in North Carolina, 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 41,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Publishing hosting in Cary — FAQs
What size server does a Publishing business in Cary, NC need?
Where would the server for my Cary, NC business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Publishing, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host editorial CMS for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Cary
Same city, different workload.
Publishing hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.