UC Irvine, United States
Server infrastructure for Schools in UC Irvine
What Schools actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a small Schools business in UC Irvine that is about Single Core, 10 GB of memory and 80 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 UC Irvine. 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 Most likely here
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
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 5,000 visits a month and roughly 40,000 requests a day, peaks run about 8× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 3.7 req/sec at peak
- 5.6 GB working set
- 4 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.
UC Irvine is closest to Los Angeles. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from UC Irvine ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 37 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 993 miles | 24–48 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,216 miles | 29–59 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,735 miles | 42–84 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,915 miles | 46–92 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,165 miles | 52–105 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,311 miles | 56–112 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,436 miles | 59–118 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,451 miles | 132–263 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,536 miles | 134–267 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,567 miles | 134–269 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,793 miles | 140–280 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,822 miles | 141–281 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 6,047 miles | 146–292 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,587 miles | 159–318 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,559 miles | 182–365 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,516 miles | 133–266 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,275 miles | 176–351 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,509 miles | 181–363 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 8,027 miles | 194–388 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,187 miles | 198–395 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,727 miles | 211–421 ms |
| Singapore | 8,809 miles | 213–425 ms |
Distances are from UC Irvine. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Schools in UC Irvine
Education & EdTech is one of the sectors UC Irvine is known for, so this is a workload we are asked about here more than most.
The closest of our 24 data centres to UC Irvine is Los Angeles, about 37 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
UC Irvine has a population of about 15,807, which is why the small 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 UC Irvine
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from UC Irvine | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angelesamericas | 37 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 993 miles | 24–48 ms |
UC Irvine 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 40,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Schools hosting in UC Irvine — FAQs
What size server does a Schools business in UC Irvine, CA need?
Where would the server for my UC Irvine, 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 UC Irvine
Same city, different workload.
Schools hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.