Regina, Canada
Server infrastructure for VFX Studios in Regina
The right server for VFX Studios is decided by the work it has to do, not by the size of the plan you happen to land on. For a medium VFX Studios business in Regina that is about 8 Cores, 128 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 Regina. 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 Most likely here
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
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 50,000 visits a month and roughly 26,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 600 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; about 96 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.
- 0.5 req/sec at peak
- 96 GB working set
- 600 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.
Regina is closest to Seattle. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Regina ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Seattle, United States | 824 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 1,002 miles | 24–48 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,244 miles | 30–60 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 1,270 miles | 31–61 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 1,284 miles | 31–62 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,325 miles | 32–64 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 1,541 miles | 37–74 ms |
| New York, United States | 1,611 miles | 39–78 ms |
| Miami, United States | 2,141 miles | 52–103 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 4,126 miles | 100–199 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 4,201 miles | 101–203 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 4,233 miles | 102–204 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4,458 miles | 108–215 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 4,554 miles | 110–220 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 4,721 miles | 114–228 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 5,246 miles | 127–253 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6,219 miles | 150–300 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,319 miles | 128–257 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 6,880 miles | 166–332 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,978 miles | 168–337 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 7,329 miles | 177–354 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 7,631 miles | 184–368 ms |
| Singapore | 8,484 miles | 205–410 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 8,567 miles | 207–414 ms |
Distances are from Regina. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
VFX Studios in Regina
The closest of our 24 data centres to Regina is Seattle, about 824 miles away. Choosing the closest data centre is the cheapest performance improvement available, and it costs nothing extra.
Regina has a population of about 226,404, which is why the medium 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 America/Regina, 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 Regina
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Regina | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Seattleamericas | 824 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 1,002 miles | 24–48 ms |
| Santa Claraamericas | 1,244 miles | 30–60 ms |
Regina sits in Saskatchewan, 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 26,667 requests a day crossing that link.
VFX Studios hosting in Regina — FAQs
What size server does a VFX Studios business in Regina, SK need?
Where would the server for my Regina, SK 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 Regina
Same city, different workload.
VFX Studios hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.