Collinsville, United States
Server infrastructure for 3PL Providers in Collinsville
There is no single correct server for 3PL Providers; there is a correct one for the workload, the volume and the budget. For a small 3PL Providers business in Collinsville that is about 2 Cores, 24 GB of memory and 150 GB of storage on VDS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Collinsville. 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 3PL Providers Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$251.50 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 150 GB storage
About 0.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 16.8 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium 3PL Providers
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$553.90 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 64 GB RAM
- 350 GB storage
- Managed
About 6.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 48 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large 3PL Providers
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$2,234.65 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 16 Cores
- 256 GB RAM
- 1500 GB storage
- Managed
About 61.7 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 192 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 3PL Providers size up this way
Working from about 5,000 visits a month and roughly 21,333 requests a day, about 17 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast.
- 0.6 req/sec at peak
- 16.8 GB working set
- 4 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit 3PL Providers
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 | An ERP or practice-management system needs a database tuned to its own workload, which a shared platform will not allow. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Enough for a small team, though the working set of a records system tends to outgrow a modest instance quickly. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed memory is what keeps the database in cache, which is the single biggest factor in how fast these systems feel. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The usual answer: a records system rewards a large, uncontended memory pool and consistent disk latency. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For large deployments, or where the database and application tiers are virtualized onto one physical host. |
3PL Providers workloads you can host
Every client wants their own view and their own integration, so the platform is many tenants in one warehouse.
- Multi-client inventory segregation
- Client billing by activity
- EDI integrations
- Client reporting portals
- Cross-docking
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Collinsville is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Collinsville ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Chicago, United States | 254 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 461 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 558 miles | 13–27 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 649 miles | 16–31 ms |
| New York, United States | 860 miles | 21–42 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,058 miles | 26–51 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,598 miles | 39–77 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 1,729 miles | 42–83 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,734 miles | 42–84 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 4,190 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,352 miles | 105–210 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,399 miles | 106–212 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,529 miles | 109–219 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,572 miles | 110–221 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,769 miles | 115–230 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,453 miles | 132–263 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,398 miles | 154–309 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,402 miles | 155–309 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 7,722 miles | 186–373 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 7,942 miles | 192–383 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,204 miles | 198–396 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,295 miles | 200–401 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 9,075 miles | 219–438 ms |
| Singapore | 9,535 miles | 230–460 ms |
Distances are from Collinsville. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
3PL Providers in Collinsville
Logistics & Transportation is one of the sectors Collinsville is known for, so this is a workload we are asked about here more than most.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Collinsville is Chicago, about 254 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Collinsville has a population of about 24,754, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a 3PL Providers business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is America/Chicago, 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 Collinsville
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Collinsville | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Chicagoamericas | 254 miles | 6–12 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 461 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Dallasamericas | 558 miles | 13–27 ms |
Collinsville sits in Illinois, 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 21,333 requests a day crossing that link.
3PL Providers hosting in Collinsville — FAQs
What size server does a 3PL Providers business in Collinsville, IL need?
Where would the server for my Collinsville, IL business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for 3PL Providers, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host multi-client inventory segregation for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Collinsville
Same city, different workload.
3PL Providers hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.