Proxmox Backup resources, guides, and best practices.
Implementation checklists, tuning tips, and how-tos for running Proxmox Backup Server with confidence—covering setup, storage, networking, retention, and verification.
What you will find
Practical guidance, no fluff.
- 01 Step-by-step PBS deployment
- 02 Storage design and network planning
- 03 Retention, pruning, and verification checklists
- 04 Common errors to avoid while backing up Proxmox
Featured guides
Start with the fundamentals.
Actionable walkthroughs to help you plan backups, deploy Proxmox Backup Server, and keep restore points healthy.
Need step-by-step how-tos?
Browse our Proxmox Backup How-To library for replication, immutability, restore, monitoring, and sizing walkthroughs.
How-to guide
How to set up and configure Proxmox Backup Server
Full installation and configuration checklist: storage pools, networking, TLS, pruning, verification, and connecting Proxmox VE clients.
Read the guideStrategy guide
Designing retention and immutable backup policies
Balance RPO/RTO with cost, set prune/GC cadence, and add object-lock-style protections via snapshots/Remote Sync or object-lock-capable storage.
Read the guideTuning guide
Optimizing Proxmox Backup performance
Boost backup/restore throughput with storage layout, network tuning, concurrency, and verify/GC scheduling best practices.
Read the guideDR guide
Offsite & DR with PBS Remote Sync
Plan bandwidth, schedules, and failover drills when syncing to a secondary PBS for offsite protection.
Read the guideComparison
PBS vs Veeam for Proxmox backups
Feature, performance, and cost comparison for backing up Proxmox with PBS versus Veeam/alt targets.
Read the guideTroubleshooting
Common PBS errors and fixes
Quick fixes for prune, GC, verify, certificate, and performance errors in Proxmox Backup Server.
Read the guideHosted PBS at $7.95/TB.
No storage limits—$7.95/TB with compute and RAM included. We run the infrastructure; you keep control of your backups.