Phase 1: Remote Staging & Clinical Testing

AAIS Deployment Budget & Infrastructure Plan

Verified 2026 production hosting costs, inventory audit, and execution pipeline for Ghana's emergency ambulance routing system.

Hourly Test Rate
$0.0269
~GH₵ 0.40 GHS / hour
3-Day Quick Test
$1.94
72 Continuous Hours
Full Month (CPX12)
$16.77
Includes IPv4 & 19% VAT
Hardware & Devices
$0.00
100% BYOD (Phones/PCs)
Server Selection Audit & Real-Time Stock Pivot
Original Baseline Sold Out
Hetzner CX23 / CAX11
2 vCPU • 4 GB RAM • 40 GB NVMe

Initial architecture targeted the cost-optimized shared line ($8.44 - $9.03 / month). Live Hetzner console verification confirms all entry-tier instances in this pool are currently exhausted due to regional compute demand.

Active Deployment Choice Available Now
Hetzner CPX12 (AMD Performance)
1 AMD vCPU • 2 GB RAM • 40 GB NVMe

Active tier with instant provisioning. Dedicated AMD EPYC core provides high burst performance. Total AAIS stack (FastAPI + Caddy + SQLite) consumes ~400 MB RAM, leaving 1.6 GB of available headroom.

5-Step Deployment Pipeline
STEP 01
Provision VPS

Deploy Ubuntu 24.04 on Hetzner CPX12. Takes under 5 minutes.

STEP 02
Launch Stack

Run 1-command Docker Compose. Caddy provisions free HTTPS.

STEP 03
Distribute Access

Share HTTPS links with clinicians and paramedics in Ghana.

STEP 04
Live Scenarios

Test real-time vitals entry, AI triage, and bed reservations.

STEP 05
Clinical Audit

Gather usability feedback before procuring physical hospital hardware.

Phase 1 Infrastructure Cost Schedule
Component Specification Hourly Monthly (USD) Monthly (GHS) Status
Original Target (CX23) 2 vCPU • 4 GB RAM $0.0136 $8.44 ~GH₵ 127 Sold Out
Active Choice (CPX12) 1 AMD vCPU • 2 GB RAM • 40 GB NVMe $0.0269 $16.77 ~GH₵ 251 Available Now
Optional Scale (CPX22) 2 AMD vCPU • 4 GB RAM • 80 GB NVMe $0.0450 $28.07 ~GH₵ 421 Available Now
SSL Certificate & DNS Caddy Automated TLS + sslip.io $0.0000 $0.00 GH₵ 0 Included Free
AI Triage LLM API Groq Cloud Llama-3.1-8B-Instant $0.0000 $0.00 GH₵ 0 Free Tier
Disaster Recovery Backups Backblaze B2 Daily Encrypted WAL $0.0000 $0.00 GH₵ 0 Free Tier (10GB)
3-Day Quick Evaluation
$1.94 USD
~GH₵ 29 GHS Total
7-Day Full Test Sprint
$4.52 USD
~GH₵ 68 GHS Total
Full Month (30 Days 24/7)
$16.77 USD
~GH₵ 251 GHS Total