Glasgow, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for VFX Studios in Glasgow
Sizing infrastructure for VFX Studios starts with the workload, then works back to cores, memory and disk. For a large VFX Studios business in Glasgow that is about 28 Cores, 448 GB of memory and 4000 GB of storage on Bare Metal.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Glasgow. 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 VFX Studios
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$803.65 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 4 Cores
- 48 GB RAM
- 3000 GB storage
- GPU on request
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 33.6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium VFX Studios
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$1,546.15 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 8 Cores
- 128 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 0.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 96 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large VFX Studios Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$4,063.90 USD USD
per month · Bare Metal
- 28 Cores
- 448 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 4.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 384 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 VFX Studios size up this way
Working from about 500,000 visits a month and roughly 266,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 2,400 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; about 384 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 a GPU is genuinely used rather than optional, and is quoted separately.
- 4.6 req/sec at peak
- 384 GB working set
- 2,400 GB/month growth
- Linux
Which tiers suit VFX Studios
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 | There is no version of this workload that fits on shared hosting. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Useful for development, notebooks and light inference, but not for training or sustained compute. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Workable | Suits CPU-bound preprocessing and data preparation with a guaranteed share of the machine. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Production compute wants the whole machine, with memory bandwidth that is not being shared. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Recommended | Training, inference and simulation belong on physical hardware, with GPUs available on request. |
VFX Studios workloads you can host
Simulation and rendering saturate hardware for hours, and the plates they work from are enormous.
- Compositing & simulation
- Render queue management
- Plate storage
- Client review portal
- Colour pipeline
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Glasgow is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Glasgow ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 442 miles | 11–21 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 667 miles | 16–32 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 856 miles | 21–41 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 926 miles | 22–45 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 1,068 miles | 26–52 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,541 miles | 37–74 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,488 miles | 60–120 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,220 miles | 78–155 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,282 miles | 79–158 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,667 miles | 89–177 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 3,961 miles | 96–191 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,225 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,445 miles | 107–215 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,471 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,033 miles | 122–243 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,118 miles | 124–247 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,295 miles | 104–207 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,638 miles | 112–224 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,037 miles | 122–243 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,765 miles | 139–278 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,952 miles | 144–287 ms |
| Singapore | 6,833 miles | 165–330 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,521 miles | 254–508 ms |
Distances are from Glasgow. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
VFX Studios in Glasgow
We work with businesses across the City Centre, the Merchant City, the West End, Finnieston and Shawlands. Glasgow is Scotland’s largest market, where local relevance and speed win business.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Glasgow is London, about 345 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Glasgow has a population of about 626,410, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a VFX Studios 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 Glasgow
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Glasgow | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 345 miles | 8–17 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 442 miles | 11–21 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 667 miles | 16–32 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 266,667 requests a day crossing that link.
VFX Studios hosting in Glasgow — FAQs
What size server does a VFX Studios business in Glasgow, Scotland need?
Where would the server for my Glasgow, Scotland business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for VFX Studios, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host compositing & simulation for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Glasgow
Same city, different workload.
VFX Studios hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.