Brighton, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Schools in Brighton
The right server for Schools is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a large Schools business in Brighton that is about 24 Cores, 96 GB of memory and 700 GB of storage on Dedicated Server.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Brighton. 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 Schools
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$113.60 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 3.7 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 5.6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Schools
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$289.30 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 200 GB storage
- Managed
About 37.0 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 16 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Schools Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,181.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 24 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 700 GB storage
- Managed
About 370.4 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 64 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.
Why Schools size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 4,000,000 requests a day, peaks run about 8× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 370.4 req/sec at peak
- 64 GB working set
- 40 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Schools
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 cannot run background workers, queues or long-lived processes, which a SaaS application depends on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | The natural home for an early-stage product: root access, your own runtime, and the ability to resize as you grow. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned resources give you the predictable latency your customers will hold you to in an SLA. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Right once the database and the application tier are competing for the same memory on a single virtual instance. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For platforms running their own virtualization, or holding a large working set entirely in memory. |
Schools workloads you can host
Registration is taken by every class within the same few minutes each morning — a small, very sharp spike.
- Student information system
- Attendance registers
- Parent portal
- Reports & assessment
- Safeguarding records
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Brighton is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Brighton ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 47 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 241 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 391 miles | 9–19 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 567 miles | 14–27 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 739 miles | 18–36 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 924 miles | 22–45 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,291 miles | 31–62 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,192 miles | 53–106 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,476 miles | 84–168 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,569 miles | 86–172 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,969 miles | 96–192 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,221 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,436 miles | 107–214 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,768 miles | 115–230 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,821 miles | 116–233 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,398 miles | 130–261 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,471 miles | 132–264 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,190 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,469 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,959 miles | 120–239 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,980 miles | 144–289 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,005 miles | 145–290 ms |
| Singapore | 6,751 miles | 163–326 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,583 miles | 255–511 ms |
Distances are from Brighton. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Schools in Brighton
The closest of our 24 data centres to Brighton is London, about 47 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Brighton has a population of about 283,870, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a Schools 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 Brighton
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Brighton | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 47 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 241 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 391 miles | 9–19 ms |
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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 4,000,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Schools hosting in Brighton — FAQs
What size server does a Schools business in Brighton, England need?
Where would the server for my Brighton, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Schools, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host student information system for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Brighton
Same city, different workload.
Schools hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.