Staines, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Publishing in Staines
Infrastructure for Publishing is a question of matching the machine to the application, then putting it near the people using it. For a medium Publishing business in Staines 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 Staines. 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.
Staines has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Staines ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | Same city | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 239 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 411 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 605 miles | 15–29 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 776 miles | 19–37 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 906 miles | 22–44 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,314 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,223 miles | 54–107 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,447 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,537 miles | 85–171 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,936 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,193 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,413 miles | 107–213 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,736 miles | 114–229 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,779 miles | 115–231 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,357 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,432 miles | 131–262 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,199 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,485 miles | 108–217 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,964 miles | 120–240 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,952 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,996 miles | 145–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,758 miles | 163–326 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,576 miles | 255–511 ms |
Distances are from Staines. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Publishing in Staines
The closest of our 24 data centres to Staines is London, about 17 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Staines has a population of about 51,040, 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 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 Staines
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Staines | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | In your metro | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 239 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 411 miles | 10–20 ms |
Staines 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 41,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Publishing hosting in Staines — FAQs
What size server does a Publishing business in Staines, England need?
Where would the server for my Staines, England 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 Staines
Same city, different workload.
Publishing hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.