Richmond, Canada
Server infrastructure for Subscription Boxes in Richmond
Sizing infrastructure for Subscription Boxes starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a medium Subscription Boxes business in Richmond 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 Richmond. 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 Subscription Boxes
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$81.20 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 80 GB storage
About 1.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Subscription Boxes 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 14.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Subscription Boxes
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$533.65 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 8 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 500 GB storage
- Managed
About 145.8 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.
Why Subscription Boxes size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 180,000 requests a day, peaks run about 7× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one.
- 14.6 req/sec at peak
- 8 GB working set
- 8 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Subscription Boxes
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. |
Subscription Boxes workloads you can host
Everything happens on renewal day — billing, picking and dispatch all land together each month.
- Recurring billing
- Subscriber preferences
- Fulfilment batching
- Churn & pause handling
- Shipping labels
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Richmond is closest to Seattle. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Richmond ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 114 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 819 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,074 miles | 26–52 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,765 miles | 43–85 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,773 miles | 43–86 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,089 miles | 50–101 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 2,239 miles | 54–108 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,427 miles | 59–117 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,801 miles | 68–135 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,629 miles | 112–223 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 4,716 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,789 miles | 116–231 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,008 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,235 miles | 126–253 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,297 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,709 miles | 138–276 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,660 miles | 161–322 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,698 miles | 113–227 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,374 miles | 154–308 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,921 miles | 167–334 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,114 miles | 172–343 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,620 miles | 184–368 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,764 miles | 187–375 ms |
| Singapore | 7,971 miles | 192–385 ms |
Distances are from Richmond. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Subscription Boxes in Richmond
The closest of our 24 data centres to Richmond is Seattle, about 114 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Richmond has a population of about 209,937, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Subscription Boxes business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/Vancouver, 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 PIPEDA. Pricing is quoted in CAD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Richmond
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Richmond | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Seattleamericas | 114 miles | 3–6 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 819 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Los Angelesamericas | 1,074 miles | 26–52 ms |
Richmond sits in British Columbia, 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.
Subscription Boxes hosting in Richmond — FAQs
What size server does a Subscription Boxes business in Richmond, BC need?
Where would the server for my Richmond, BC business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Subscription Boxes, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host recurring billing for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Richmond
Same city, different workload.
Subscription Boxes hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.