West Ealing, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for Schools in West Ealing
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 small Schools business in West Ealing 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 West Ealing. 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.
West Ealing has a data centre of its own. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from West Ealing ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | Same city | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 230 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 405 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 603 miles | 15–29 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 783 miles | 19–38 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 896 miles | 22–43 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,308 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,218 miles | 54–107 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,453 miles | 83–167 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,542 miles | 85–171 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,940 miles | 95–190 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,199 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,420 miles | 107–213 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,740 miles | 114–229 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,779 miles | 115–231 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,359 miles | 129–259 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,434 miles | 131–262 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,190 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,477 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,955 miles | 120–239 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,943 miles | 143–287 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,986 miles | 145–289 ms |
| Singapore | 6,749 miles | 163–326 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,567 miles | 255–510 ms |
Distances are from West Ealing. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Schools in West Ealing
The closest of our 24 data centres to West Ealing is London, about 8 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
West Ealing has a population of about 15,169, 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 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 West Ealing
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from West Ealing | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | In your metro | 1–2 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 230 miles | 6–11 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 405 miles | 10–20 ms |
West Ealing 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 small size assumed above, that is roughly 40,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Schools hosting in West Ealing — FAQs
What size server does a Schools business in West Ealing, England need?
Where would the server for my West Ealing, 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 West Ealing
Same city, different workload.