Geo-Replication
Automatic, continuous replication of your backups across multiple geographic regions. Your data survives even if an entire region goes down.
Protection Against the Uncontrollable
No data center is immune to natural disasters, severed fiber routes, or regional outages. Geographic separation is the only real protection against events no amount of operational excellence can prevent.
Natural Disasters
Floods, fires, earthquakes, and severe weather can take out entire regions. Your data survives in another geography.
Business Continuity
If your business can't wait for disaster recovery, fail over to another region and continue restores without delay.
Compliance
GDPR, SOC 2, and industry regulations often require geographic separation of backup data. Geo-replication provides verifiable, auditable proof.
True 3-2-1
"Offsite" in the same city doesn't help when a flood affects the whole area. Geo-replication gives you truly separated copies.
How Geo-Replication Works
You choose a replication factor. We handle everything else.
Choose your replication factor
Select 1, 2, or 3 additional copies. More copies means more geographic separation.
We select destination servers automatically
Our algorithm picks servers based on geographic diversity, available capacity, and server health.
Data syncs every 15 minutes
ZFS-based incremental transfers keep bandwidth low. Only changes are synchronized after the initial sync.
Each region maintains a complete copy
Your data exists in multiple places, ready to be accessed even if an entire region becomes unavailable.
Replication Flow
ZFS-based incremental sync every 15 minutes. Server selection is automatic based on geographic diversity.
Built for Zero Configuration
Automatic Server Selection
You don't pick servers. Our algorithm selects destinations based on geographic diversity, available capacity, and server health. Maximum separation, zero configuration.
Incremental Sync
After the initial full sync, only changes transfer. ZFS send/receive handles incremental transfers efficiently, keeping bandwidth usage low.
15-Minute Intervals
Sync runs every 15 minutes, giving you a maximum of 15 minutes of potential data lag. For most backup use cases, your actual backups run daily or weekly anyway.
Built on ZFS
The same battle-tested technology that powers enterprise storage systems worldwide. Efficient, reliable, and handles incremental transfers gracefully.
Simple Per-Copy Pricing
€4 per TB per copy per month*, based on your datastore's allocated size. Billed hourly, so you only pay for the time replication is active.
Per TB/Copy/Month
Based on allocated sizeSync Interval
Maximum data lagExtra Copies
Choose your replication factorCost Examples
| Datastore Size | Copies | Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 500 GB | 1x | ~€2* |
| 1 TB | 2x | ~€8* |
| 5 TB | 3x | ~€60* |
Cost is based on allocated datastore size, not actual usage. You can preview the exact cost in the dashboard before enabling.
Real-World Scenarios
The MSP With Client SLAs
You manage backups for 50 clients with a 4-hour RTO SLA. A major regional disaster would mean calling every client to explain why their RTO is now "when the region recovers." With geo-replication, you fail over to another region and meet your SLAs even in catastrophic circumstances.
The Compliance Audit
Your auditor asks: "What's your DR plan if that region goes down?" Without geo-replication: "We wait for recovery." With geo-replication: "Our data is replicated across three geographic regions. We restore from another location." The second answer demonstrates mature disaster planning.
The Homelab That Got Serious
You started with a simple Proxmox homelab. Now you're running critical services. 2x replication for a 1 TB datastore costs about €8/month*. That's the price of knowing your data survives anything.
What Geo-Replication Doesn't Replace
Not a Backup Replacement
Geo-replication copies your backup data to multiple regions. You still need to create backups in the first place.
Not Real-Time Failover
Your data is safe in other regions, but there's no automatic DNS failover. You'd manually point your hosts to the replica location for restores.
Not Deletion Protection
If you delete a backup, that deletion syncs to all replicas within 15 minutes. For deletion protection, combine with immutable backups.
Build a Complete Protection Stack
Each layer addresses a different threat. Together, they cover ransomware, human error, and regional disasters.
Primary Datastore
Your working backup target with daily prune jobs.
IncludedGeo-Replication
Geographic separation that survives physical disasters.
€4/TB/copy*Enable in 30 Seconds
Available now for all datastores. No feature flags, no waitlist, no enterprise tier required.
- Open your datastore in the dashboard
- Click Replication Settings
- Choose your replication factor (1, 2, or 3 copies)
- Preview the configuration and cost, then click Enable Replication
Your first sync starts immediately. The dashboard shows sync status, progress, and the timestamp of the last successful sync for each destination.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Geo-replication creates automatic copies of your backups in physically separate data centers. ZFS-based incremental sync every 15 minutes. From €4/TB/copy/month*.
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