PBS Dedicated 2 TB
One Proxmox host, a few VMs: backups on hardware nobody else touches.
€49 / month
monthly
- Hard disk 2 TB
- Hardware exclusive
- PBS admin included
- Transfer included
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Dedicated Proxmox Backup Server
Your own PBS on dedicated hardware — one machine just for you, 2 to 20 TB, data transfer included, fully managed. From €49/month.
A shared datastore isn't enough — you want the whole machine. Here you get your own server running nothing but your Proxmox Backup Server: the full admin interface, your own datastores, your own users, your own sync jobs. Budget class, with straight talk: one hard disk, no RAID — but your own hardware from €49 a month. Hardware, updates and monitoring are on us.
- Dedicated hardware — one machine per customer, at least 6 cores at 3.2 GHz, 32 GB RAM
- The full PBS interface: datastores, namespaces, users, sync jobs — you are the admin
- Five sizes from 2 to 20 TB, data transfer included — ready within 24–48 hours
What is this?
A whole backup server. Not just a directory.
Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) comes in two branches with us. With classic PBS hosting you rent a datastore on one of our large backup servers — you get credentials for exactly that datastore, and we manage the rest. With the dedicated PBS, the whole machine is yours: a server of your own with its own hard disk, running nothing but your Proxmox Backup Server.
That changes what you can do: you get the complete PBS web interface with admin rights. You create datastores and namespaces following your own scheme, you issue users and API tokens yourself — per customer, per project, per cluster. You decide the verify, prune and garbage collection schedules. And your PBS can replicate with other PBS instances via sync jobs, push and pull.
It stays managed all the same: we provide the hardware, apply OS and PBS updates and monitor machine and disk. And because this is the budget class, we tell you up front what's missing: one hard disk, no RAID, no second site. That's exactly right for the second copy of your backups — not for the only one.
Plans
Five sizes. One machine per customer.
You pick the hard disk, we build the server — within 24–48 hours. Fixed monthly price, data transfer included, fully managed.
PBS Dedicated 4 TB
Several VMs plus proper retention.
€59 / month
monthly
- Hard disk 4 TB
- Hardware exclusive
- PBS admin included
- Transfer included
PBS Dedicated 10 TB
Several hosts or your first tenants — with room to grow.
€89 / month
monthly
- Hard disk 10 TB
- Hardware exclusive
- PBS admin included
- Transfer included
PBS Dedicated 16 TB
Service-provider class: many tenants, long retention.
€119 / month
monthly
- Hard disk 16 TB
- Hardware exclusive
- PBS admin included
- Transfer included
PBS Dedicated 20 TB
The biggest machine: a year of retention for entire customer fleets.
€139 / month
monthly
- Hard disk 20 TB
- Hardware exclusive
- PBS admin included
- Transfer included
All prices include 19% German VAT, cancel monthly, no setup fee, data transfer included. Provisioning within 24–48 hours — every machine is built for your order. Need more than 20 TB? Available on request — open a ticket and we'll quote a fixed monthly price up front.
Datastore or your own server?
The direct comparison.
Both branches share the same foundation: a backup target in Germany, client-side encryption, ticket support from people who run PBS themselves every day. The difference is how much machine you get — and how much you want to shape yourself.
| PBS hosting (datastore) | Dedicated PBS | |
|---|---|---|
| What you rent | A datastore on our backup server | A complete machine exclusively for you |
| PBS interface | Access to your datastore | Full admin interface |
| Datastores & namespaces | One included, more on request — managed by us | As many as you like, managed by you |
| Own users & API tokens | — | Yes — tenant separation out of the box |
| Your own sync jobs (push/pull) | — (usable as a sync target) | Yes — you set them up, the target is booked separately |
| Storage redundancy | RAID 10 | One 3.5" hard disk, no RAID — sync as a second target possible |
| Hardware | Large backup server, shared | Your own machine: at least 6 cores at 3.2 GHz, 32 GB RAM |
| Sizes | 1–25 TB in 1 TB steps | 2, 4, 10, 16 or 20 TB — more on request |
| Provisioning | Typically within 24 hours | Within 24–48 hours — built for you |
| Price | from €9/month | from €49/month |
PBS hosting (datastore)
Right when you want a safe target — and nothing else.
- RAID 10 on large backup servers: redundancy is included, not your job
- 1 to 25 TB in 1 TB steps — upgrade any time, your backups stay in place
- Usable right after ordering: enter the credentials, done
- No admin duties, no monitoring, no patch day — all on us
Dedicated PBS
Right when you want the machine.
- The complete PBS interface with admin rights: datastores, namespaces, users, API tokens, sync jobs
- Tenant separation out of the box — own datastore, own users, own retention per customer
- Exclusive hardware nobody else uses — easy to document for auditors
- 2 to 20 TB on one disk, data transfer included — no RAID, but straight talk about it
All you need is an encrypted, redundant backup target? Then the datastore plan is the better choice. The two also combine well: dedicated PBS as the first target, a sync job to a RAID 10 datastore as the second.
Features
What your own machine gets you.
Four things you should know before ordering.
The whole machine, not just a directory
One physical machine per customer — at least 6 cores, 32 GB RAM, a hard disk just for you. No third-party backup jobs running in parallel, no shared I/O. And when an auditor asks, your documentation is simple: the backups live on hardware used by nobody else.
Multi-tenant out of the box
Looking after several customers or projects? Create a datastore or namespace per tenant, issue separate users and API tokens, set separate retention. In the shared plan we set up additional datastores for you on request — here you create them yourself, anytime, with your own users and API tokens.
Budget means: one disk, and straight talk about it
One 3.5" hard disk, no RAID, no second site — in return, a machine nobody else uses. Backups are written sequentially, which a hard disk handles well. Verify runs and garbage collection are random I/O and take longer on a hard disk: schedule them at night and you will not notice. Restores run at hard-disk speed.
Sync as your safety net
Your PBS can replicate on its own: a sync job pushes the backups to a datastore in our classic PBS hosting (RAID 10) or to a PBS at your place as well. One hard disk is not RAID — with sync you turn it into a clean two-target strategy, at datastore prices.
Also included in every plan
- A server exclusively for you — at least 6 cores at 3.2 GHz, 32 GB RAM, one 3.5" hard disk
- The complete PBS web interface with admin rights
- As many datastores and namespaces as you like — you structure them yourself
- Your own users and API tokens — clean tenant separation out of the box
- Sync jobs: replication with other PBS instances, push and pull
- Client-side AES-256-GCM encryption — we cannot read your backups
- OS and PBS updates plus monitoring of machine and disk are on us
- Unlimited data transfer included — the first full backup too
- Located in Germany · ready within 24–48 hours · cancel monthly · no setup fee
What sets us apart
Dedicated means: your machine.
Vorteil 01
One machine, one tenant.
Dedicated means physical here: your PBS doesn't run as a VM next to someone else's workloads but on its own machine with its own hard disk. What you see is yours — data transfer included.
Vorteil 02
Managed without locking you out.
Many managed offers hand you a datastore and nothing else. Here you get the complete PBS interface with admin rights — and we still maintain the OS, the PBS version and the monitoring in the background. You set backup policy, we run operations.
Vorteil 03
Straight talk on redundancy.
One hard disk per machine, no RAID, no second site — we tell you before you order, not in the fine print. If you want the second copy, attach a datastore in our classic PBS hosting as a sync target. Two targets beat any single drive.
Vorteil 04
Personal support that knows Proxmox.
Sync topologies, namespace permissions, garbage collection tuning: your ticket is answered by one of the same three people who run PBS themselves every day — with a concrete fix, not a canned reply.
Vorteil 05
No vendor lock-in.
PBS is open source and the machine is standard hardware. If you ever want to self-host, you sync your datastores to your own hardware and cancel monthly. We help with the move — even away from us.
Setup
From order to first backup.
We build your machine within 24–48 hours — after that you're minutes away from your first backup job.
- 1
Order your size
Pick a size, order. We assemble your machine for this very order, install PBS and set up monitoring — within 24–48 hours. Afterwards you will find the link to your PBS interface, the user and the initial password in the customer center and in the activation email.
- 2
Create datastores and users
In your PBS interface you create datastores, namespaces and users following your own scheme — the disk is mounted, the first datastore takes two minutes.
- 3
Add it to Proxmox VE
In your Proxmox VE:
Datacenter → Storage → Add → Proxmox Backup Server. Enter address, datastore, user and fingerprint — like with any PBS. - 4
Encryption and your first backup job
Enable encryption when creating the storage (store the key somewhere safe!), create a backup job with schedule and retention, start the first run. Details as always in the knowledge base.
Stuck? Open a ticket — we'll help with the setup directly, at no extra charge.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from regular PBS hosting?
With PBS hosting you rent a datastore on a large, shared backup server with RAID 10 — in 1 TB steps from 1 to 25 TB. Here you rent the whole machine: your own hardware, the complete PBS interface, your own datastores, users and sync jobs — but without RAID. Both are managed, both support client-side encryption.
Who is the dedicated server for?
For IT service providers who want clean separation of customer backups (separate datastores, users and retention per tenant). For anyone who has to document to auditors that backups live on exclusive hardware. And for setups with their own sync topology — say, PBS with us as the target and a second PBS at home as the mirror. If all you need is an encrypted, redundant backup target, the datastore plan remains the better choice.
Why a hard disk and not an SSD?
Because this is the budget class. Backups are written sequentially — a hard disk handles that well and cheaply, with up to 20 TB of room. Verify runs and garbage collection take longer on a hard disk than on an SSD; schedule them at night and you won't notice. Restores run at hard-disk speed — perfectly fine for the second copy. For restores in seconds you'd use your local PBS anyway.
What happens if the hard disk fails?
Straight talk: one hard disk per machine, no RAID. We monitor the disk. If it fails, we set up your PBS fresh on a new disk — the backups on the broken disk are gone, and the next backup run fills the new target. Your originals keep running untouched on your Proxmox VE. If you want to cover the double-failure scenario, set up a sync job to a datastore in our classic PBS hosting — that one sits on RAID 10.
Do I get root access via SSH?
No. You get the complete PBS web interface with admin rights — the operating system underneath is maintained by us — otherwise we cannot take care of updates and monitoring. If you want to manage the machine entirely yourself, our Dedicated Servers are the way to go — install PBS yourself there, with root from the first minute.
How soon is my server ready?
Within 24–48 hours of your order. We build every machine only once it's ordered — disk in, PBS installed, monitoring set up, credentials out. There is still no setup fee — but no provisioning in minutes either.
Is there a traffic limit?
No. Data transfer is included — the first big full backup and the restore in an emergency too. How fast it goes depends on your line and the hard disk, not on a quota.
I need more than 20 TB — possible?
Yes, on request. Open a ticket with your target size — we'll quote the right machine and give you a fixed monthly price before you decide.
Can I move from the datastore plan to my own server?
Yes. You request the change in the customer center — both systems run in our infrastructure, we set up a one-time sync that pulls your existing backups onto your new server and complete the change once the machine is up and the sync is through. No new full backup across your line, no gap in your history.
Can I switch to a bigger disk later?
Not within the machine — every plan is a purpose-built machine with its disk, and a change would mean swapping the entire hardware. If you need more room, you order the bigger PBS that fits and cancel the old one (both monthly). You can pull your backups from the old server to the new one yourself via a sync job beforehand — both run with us, so nothing goes across your line.
Are my backups encrypted?
If you enable it, yes — client-side with AES-256-GCM, before the data leaves your Proxmox VE. Your own server changes nothing about that: we can't read your backups here either. Keep the key safe — no key, no restore.
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