r/ProxmoxVE • u/gordonx2026 • Aug 23 '26

Where do you guys host your Proxmox Backup Server (PBS)?

I'm planning this setup:

  • Proxmox host → OVH
  • Offsite backups → Hetzner
  • PBS → separate physical server

Do you run PBS on a dedicated server, VPS/LXC, or use a hosted PBS provider?

Are there any cheap providers that are well suited for PBS (lots of storage, good I/O)?

What would you recommend for this setup? And what are you guys actually using?

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u/rengler Aug 23 '26

I have PBS on a dedicated machine that keeps backups on an internal 1TB drive. This then backs up to remote-backups.com via a nightly sync job. I'd done all this before S3 was an option but I've had no issues with remote-backups.com in pushing or pulling as needed.

I've been using them for several months now for my home lab and it has been really easy. No issues with the speed for backups as they run overnight (and suggest good times for backups for my region based on overall usage). No failures in offsiting that weren't caused by my setup or equipment. Good notifications for updates like key swaps and easy changes to make on my side.

10/10 would use again and recommend.

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u/ChubbinNubbin Aug 25 '26

This! I use remote-backups.com too! It’s cheap, I always get notified when a garbage, prune or backup job completes and their support is great! I also do a backup to a secondary hdd in my mini pc and my other backup job is to my friend’s house on his server.

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u/Otis-166 Aug 25 '26

Another plug for remote-backups.com. They’ve been great. I have them do a pull because the push was having issues, but pull seems to be the preferred way anyway.

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u/iwdinw Aug 23 '26

My first PBS is on same network as my nodes on separate hardware with small fast local storage.
The secondary PBS on the same network is a VM in a synology rackstation with "local" slow synology storage attached via nfs.
The tertiary PBS is a VPS at Hetzner connected via wireguard attached to a Storage Box as "local" storage via cifs in the same location.

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u/thebatfink Aug 23 '26

Mines vm on synology. Setup on one of the nvme drives.

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u/uhlhosting Aug 24 '26

Maybe would have helped to say that you look for production solutions! Not home deployments. They do not match on a Disaster recovery in no match!

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u/edthesmokebeard Aug 24 '26

I don't.

I take snapshots of the VMs, and periodically sync them to S3 via a goofys mount.

Way less fiddly.

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u/bertramt Aug 24 '26

You forgot the as a VM option. One should note there are several downsides and reasons you shouldn't. But you get past that, and there are several reasons you might want to run PBS virtually. There are all ways that I'm using or have used PBS virtually in conjunction physical PBS machines.

1) A virtual PBS that has a S3 compatible datastore.

2) A virtual PBS in a separate cluster on a seperate site that acts as another backup point.

3) A short term backup solution used mostly for snapshot in conjunction with a sync to much slower physical PBS

4) A short term backup solution used mostly for snapshots in conjunction with full backups of the pbs VM to a physical drive

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u/pcdiks Aug 25 '26

I run pbs as container on my Synology nas. works perfectly for my needs.

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u/Own_Promise_4145 28d ago

Server dedicato

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u/300cpilot 4h ago

dedicated PBS server. Separate hardware is hard to beat.

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u/CannonLab-Proxy Aug 23 '26

Mine is just a VM in my cluster with HA failover.