The Gap, Australia
Server infrastructure for Web Development Agencies in The Gap
What Web Development Agencies actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a small Web Development business in The Gap that is about Single Core, 3 GB of memory and 30 GB of storage on Shared Hosting.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from The Gap. 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 Web Development Most likely here
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
On request
Shared Hosting
- Single Core
- 3 GB RAM
- 30 GB storage
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 0.2 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Web Development
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
On request
Shared Hosting
- Single Core
- 3 GB RAM
- 30 GB storage
- Managed
The same build as small — at 1.5 requests a second this workload still fits comfortably, so there is nothing to gain by paying for more.
Configure this build →Large Web Development
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$78.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 50 GB storage
- Managed
About 14.5 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2 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.
Which tiers suit Web Development Agencies
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 | Recommended | A brochure site with light traffic runs comfortably on shared hosting, and the managed platform means no server to look after. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Recommended | A VPS gives you root, your own PHP and Nginx versions, and room for the site to grow past what shared hosting allows. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Workable | Worth moving to once the site fronts an application rather than pages, or when a slow neighbour has cost you a lead. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Workable | More machine than a brochure site needs, but the right answer when it sits alongside other systems on the same box. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Not this one | Bare metal is sized for sustained heavy compute; a brochure site would leave almost all of it idle. |
Web Development Agencies workloads you can host
- Client websites
- Staging & preview sites
- Version control
- Asset pipelines
- Reseller hosting
Web Development in The Gap, business by business
These are not the same workload. Sized at the small band, here is what each one actually needs.
| Business | Build | Tier | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Agencies | 1 vCPU · 6 GB · 30 GB | VPS | Many small sites on one machine: the risk is not load but one client's bad plugin taking the others down with... |
| WordPress Development | 1 vCPU · 3 GB · 30 GB | Shared Hosting | WordPress is cheap to serve cached and expensive to serve uncached, so the object cache is doing most of the w... |
| Headless CMS | 1 vCPU · 3 GB · 30 GB | Shared Hosting | Rebuilds are the spike: an editor saves a page and the whole site regenerates. |
| Hosting Resellers | 1 vCPU · 6 GB · 40 GB | VPS | Reselling means somebody else's traffic on your machine, so headroom is the product rather than an optimisatio... |
| Freelance Developers | 1 vCPU · 4 GB · 30 GB | Shared Hosting | Small, predictable and mostly idle — the machine is a workspace rather than a production platform. |
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
The Gap is closest to Sydney. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from The Gap ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Sydney, Australia | 456 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Singapore | 3,818 miles | 92–184 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 4,303 miles | 104–208 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 4,446 miles | 107–215 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 5,522 miles | 133–267 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 6,242 miles | 151–301 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 6,320 miles | 153–305 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Santa Clara, United States | 7,094 miles | 171–343 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 7,190 miles | 174–347 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 7,364 miles | 178–356 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 8,328 miles | 201–402 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 8,928 miles | 216–431 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 9,042 miles | 218–437 ms |
| Miami, United States | 9,178 miles | 222–443 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 9,347 miles | 226–451 ms |
| New York, United States | 9,635 miles | 233–465 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 8,764 miles | 212–423 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 9,302 miles | 225–449 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 9,376 miles | 226–453 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 9,994 miles | 241–483 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 10,057 miles | 243–486 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 10,098 miles | 244–488 ms |
| London, United Kingdom | 10,264 miles | 248–496 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 10,833 miles | 262–523 ms |
Distances are from The Gap. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Web Development Agencies in The Gap
The closest of our 24 data centres to The Gap is Sydney, about 456 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
The Gap has a population of about 16,371, which is why the small build above is the one most likely to fit a Web Development business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is Australia/Brisbane, 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 1988. Pricing is quoted in AUD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from The Gap
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from The Gap | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Sydneyapac | 456 miles | 11–22 ms |
| Singaporeapac | 3,818 miles | 92–184 ms |
| Hong Kongapac | 4,303 miles | 104–208 ms |
The Gap sits in Queensland, 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 4,167 requests a day crossing that link.
Web Development Agencies hosting in The Gap — FAQs
What size server does a Web Development business in The Gap, QLD need?
Where would the server for my The Gap, QLD business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Web Development Agencies, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host client websites for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in The Gap
Same city, different workload.
Web Development Agencies hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.