Dunedin, New Zealand
Server infrastructure for Surveying in Dunedin
Sizing infrastructure for Surveying starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a medium Surveying business in Dunedin that is about 6 Cores, 96 GB of memory and 4000 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 Dunedin. 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 Surveying
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$502.60 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 32 GB RAM
- 1500 GB storage
- GPU on request
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 22.4 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Surveying Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$1,296.40 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 6 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 0.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 64 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Surveying
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$3,070.30 USD USD
per month · Bare Metal
- 20 Cores
- 320 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 6.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 256 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 Surveying size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 26,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 250 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; about 64 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast; each request costs real computation rather than a cache lookup, so cores matter more here than on a typical site; and the software is Windows-based, which sets a floor on cores, memory and disk before the workload is considered.
- 0.6 req/sec at peak
- 64 GB working set
- 250 GB/month growth
- Windows
Which tiers suit Surveying
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 serves websites; it cannot present a Windows desktop to work on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Adequate for light remote desktop work — email, documents, a line-of-business application. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU and memory are what make a remote desktop feel like a local one rather than a slideshow. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for CAD, BIM and rendering, where the whole machine is in use for hours at a stretch. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Recommended | For teams running several workstations on one physical host, with GPUs available on request. |
Surveying workloads you can host
A single scan is a point cloud of hundreds of millions of points, and the client wants it years later.
- Point cloud storage
- Total station & GNSS data
- Drawing production
- Site photography
- Deliverable archive
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Dunedin is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Dunedin ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 1,311 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Singapore | 5,183 miles | 125–250 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,884 miles | 142–284 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,953 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 6,966 miles | 168–336 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,516 miles | 181–363 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,745 miles | 187–374 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,082 miles | 171–342 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,113 miles | 172–343 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,625 miles | 184–368 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 7,918 miles | 191–382 ms |
| Miami, United States | 8,380 miles | 202–405 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 8,522 miles | 206–411 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 8,696 miles | 210–420 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,118 miles | 220–440 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,262 miles | 224–447 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 9,913 miles | 239–479 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 10,714 miles | 259–517 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 10,971 miles | 265–530 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 11,536 miles | 278–557 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 11,549 miles | 279–558 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 11,648 miles | 281–562 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 11,860 miles | 286–573 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 11,960 miles | 289–577 ms |
Distances are from Dunedin. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Surveying in Dunedin
The closest of our 24 data centres to Dunedin is Sydney, about 1,311 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Dunedin has a population of about 132,800, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a Surveying business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is Pacific/Auckland, 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 Privacy Act 2020. Pricing is quoted in NZD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Dunedin
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Dunedin | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 1,311 miles | 32–63 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 5,183 miles | 125–250 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 5,884 miles | 142–284 ms |
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 26,667 requests a day crossing that link.
Surveying hosting in Dunedin — FAQs
What size server does a Surveying business in Dunedin, Otago need?
Where would the server for my Dunedin, Otago business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Surveying, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host point cloud storage for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Dunedin
Same city, different workload.
Surveying hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.