Andover, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Retail Stores in Andover
There is no single correct server for Retail Stores; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a medium Retail Stores business in Andover that is about Single Core, 12 GB of memory and 150 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 Andover. 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 Retail Stores
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$81.20 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 0.8 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Retail Stores Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$136.55 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 12 GB RAM
- 150 GB storage
- Managed
About 8.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Retail Stores
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$499.90 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 6 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 500 GB storage
- Managed
About 83.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 32 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 Retail Stores
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 | Workable | Fine for a first storefront with a small catalogue, but checkout under load is where shared hosting shows its limits. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | Enough headroom for a catalogue, a cart and a payment gateway, with the caching layers a store needs to stay quick. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU is what keeps checkout responsive during a sale, when traffic arrives all at once rather than evenly. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for a high-traffic store, or one whose database has outgrown what a virtual instance can cache. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | Reserved for very large catalogues and enterprise commerce platforms running their own search and queue tiers. |
Retail Stores workloads you can host
Tills must keep working when the connection does not, so the server is the reconciliation point rather than the critical path.
- POS terminals
- Stock control
- Click & collect
- Loyalty scheme
- Shop website
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Andover is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Andover ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 62 miles | 2–3 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 285 miles | 7–14 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 452 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 630 miles | 15–30 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 753 miles | 18–36 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 947 miles | 23–46 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,354 miles | 33–65 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,256 miles | 54–109 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,411 miles | 82–165 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,504 miles | 85–169 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,905 miles | 94–189 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,157 miles | 100–201 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,373 miles | 106–211 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,704 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,764 miles | 115–230 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,338 miles | 129–258 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,410 miles | 131–261 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,243 miles | 102–205 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,528 miles | 109–219 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,010 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,987 miles | 145–289 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,040 miles | 146–292 ms |
| Singapore | 6,802 miles | 164–328 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,621 miles | 256–513 ms |
Distances are from Andover. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Retail Stores in Andover
The closest of our 24 data centres to Andover is London, about 62 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Andover has a population of about 42,276, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Retail Stores 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 Andover
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Andover | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 62 miles | 2–3 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 285 miles | 7–14 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 452 miles | 11–22 ms |
Andover 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 180,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Retail Stores hosting in Andover — FAQs
What size server does a Retail Stores business in Andover, England need?
Where would the server for my Andover, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Retail Stores, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host pOS terminals for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Andover
Same city, different workload.
Retail Stores hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.