Darwin, Australia
Server infrastructure for Publishing in Darwin
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 Darwin 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 Darwin. 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.
Darwin is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Darwin ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 1,957 miles | 47–94 ms |
| Singapore | 2,085 miles | 50–101 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 2,655 miles | 64–128 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 3,375 miles | 81–163 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 3,758 miles | 91–181 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,507 miles | 109–218 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,556 miles | 110–220 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,023 miles | 170–339 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 7,543 miles | 182–364 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 7,755 miles | 187–374 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 8,286 miles | 200–400 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 8,352 miles | 202–403 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 8,387 miles | 202–405 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 8,607 miles | 208–416 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 9,079 miles | 219–438 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 7,634 miles | 184–369 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,678 miles | 185–371 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,889 miles | 190–381 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 9,125 miles | 220–441 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 9,362 miles | 226–452 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,632 miles | 233–465 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,780 miles | 236–472 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,972 miles | 241–481 ms |
| Miami, United States | 10,220 miles | 247–493 ms |
Distances are from Darwin. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Publishing in Darwin
We work with businesses across the CBD, Cullen Bay, Palmerston, Fannie Bay and Nightcliff. Darwin is a smaller, local market where Google Business and fast sites win jobs.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Darwin is Sydney, about 1,957 miles away. Every kilometre between your users and the server is latency you cannot optimise away in software.
Darwin has a population of about 139,902, 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 Australia/Darwin, 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 Privacy Act 1988. Pricing is quoted in AUD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Darwin
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Darwin | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 1,957 miles | 47–94 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 2,085 miles | 50–101 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 2,655 miles | 64–128 ms |
Darwin sits in Northern Territory, 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 Darwin — FAQs
What size server does a Publishing business in Darwin, NT need?
Where would the server for my Darwin, NT 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 Darwin
Same city, different workload.
Publishing hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.