I’m setting up an offsite backup server to store backups from multiple locations. Speed isn’t critical, but uptime, disk stability, and predictable costs are. I’ve considered classic cloud storage, but pricing becomes painful as data grows, and egress fees make restores stressful.
At the same time, many VPS offers seem optimized for performance-heavy workloads rather than storage. I don’t want to overpay for CPU power that will sit idle while my backups quietly run in the background.
For those running backup servers, what factors do you prioritize when choosing a VPS? Any lessons learned the hard way?

Backup servers really flip the usual VPS priorities upside down. After running one for a while, I realized that raw performance numbers matter far less than disk reliability and transparency. One painful lesson I learned early on was ignoring disk I/O — backups didn’t fail outright, but they slowly exceeded backup windows, which was a nightmare to debug.
Another key factor is scalability. Backup data grows quietly, and suddenly you need more space yesterday. That’s why storage-focused VPS plans make a lot of sense for this use case.
I’ve been using https://hostman.com/products/vps-storage/ as an offsite backup server, and it’s been doing exactly what a backup server should do: stay out of the way and not cause surprises. Storage scaling is simple, costs are predictable, and restores work when you actually need them.
My main advice: test restores early, monitor disk usage, and choose stability over flashy features — backups are not the place for experiments.

Thanks, this is exactly the kind of practical advice I was looking for.