Irvine, United States
Server infrastructure for Supermarkets in Irvine
Most Supermarkets outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a large Supermarkets business in Irvine that is about 16 Cores, 196 GB of memory and 800 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 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 Supermarkets
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$164.90 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 16 GB RAM
- 100 GB storage
About 1.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 11.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Supermarkets
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$432.40 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 250 GB storage
- Managed
About 12.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 32 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Supermarkets Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$1,708.15 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 196 GB RAM
- 800 GB storage
- Managed
About 125.0 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 128 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 Supermarkets size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 1,800,000 requests a day, peaks run about 6× the average hour, so the build is sized for the busiest moment rather than the typical one; and about 128 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 125.0 req/sec at peak
- 128 GB working set
- 32 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit Supermarkets
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. |
Supermarkets workloads you can host
Delivery-slot booking behaves like a ticket sale — everyone wants the same Saturday morning.
- POS & scales integration
- Perishable stock rotation
- Online grocery slots
- Promotions engine
- Supplier ordering
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Irvine is closest to Los Angeles. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Irvine ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 36 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 991 miles | 24–48 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,215 miles | 29–59 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,733 miles | 42–84 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,913 miles | 46–92 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 2,163 miles | 52–104 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,310 miles | 56–112 ms |
| New York, United States | 2,434 miles | 59–118 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 5,449 miles | 132–263 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,534 miles | 134–267 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,565 miles | 134–269 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,791 miles | 140–280 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,820 miles | 140–281 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 6,045 miles | 146–292 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,584 miles | 159–318 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,556 miles | 182–365 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,515 miles | 133–266 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,274 miles | 176–351 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 7,511 miles | 181–363 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 8,025 miles | 194–387 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,186 miles | 198–395 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,725 miles | 211–421 ms |
| Singapore | 8,809 miles | 213–425 ms |
Distances are from Irvine. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Supermarkets in Irvine
The closest of our 24 data centres to Irvine is Los Angeles, about 36 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Irvine has a population of about 256,927, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a Supermarkets 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 Irvine
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Irvine | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angelesamericas | 36 miles | 1–2 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Seattleamericas | 991 miles | 24–48 ms |
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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 1,800,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Supermarkets hosting in Irvine — FAQs
What size server does a Supermarkets business in Irvine, CA need?
Where would the server for my Irvine, CA business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Supermarkets, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host pOS & scales integration for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Irvine
Same city, different workload.
Supermarkets hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.