Davis, United States
Server infrastructure for Schools in Davis
Infrastructure for Schools is a question of matching the machine to the application, then putting it near the people using it. For a medium Schools business in Davis that is about 4 Cores, 24 GB of memory and 200 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 Davis. 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 Most likely here
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
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 50,000 visits a month and roughly 400,000 requests a day, peaks run about 8× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 37.0 req/sec at peak
- 16 GB working set
- 10 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.
Davis is closest to Santa Clara. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Davis ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 83 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 366 miles | 9–18 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 627 miles | 15–30 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,451 miles | 35–70 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,803 miles | 44–87 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,096 miles | 51–101 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,209 miles | 53–107 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,513 miles | 61–121 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,561 miles | 62–124 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,143 miles | 124–248 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,890 miles | 166–333 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,482 miles | 181–361 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,640 miles | 184–369 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,785 miles | 188–376 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,344 miles | 201–403 ms |
| Singapore | 8,443 miles | 204–408 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,289 miles | 128–255 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,295 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,387 miles | 130–260 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,611 miles | 135–271 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,726 miles | 138–276 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,882 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,364 miles | 154–307 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,329 miles | 177–354 ms |
Distances are from Davis. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Schools in Davis
The closest of our 24 data centres to Davis is Santa Clara, about 83 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Davis has a population of about 67,666, which is why the medium 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 America/Los Angeles, 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 Davis
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Davis | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Claraamericas | 83 miles | 2–4 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 366 miles | 9–18 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 627 miles | 15–30 ms |
Davis sits in California, 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 400,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Schools hosting in Davis — FAQs
What size server does a Schools business in Davis, CA need?
Where would the server for my Davis, CA 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 Davis
Same city, different workload.
Schools hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.