A virtualization lab, without a machine at home
Unlimited reinstalls, unlimited snapshots: the right to break everything is included in the price.
Starting at from €13.99/mo
Introduction
A lab is a machine where you are allowed to get it wrong. That is exactly what unlimited reinstalls and unlimited snapshots provide: try a setup, break it, roll back, start again. Without counting, and without anything extra on the invoice.
The S plan at €13.99/month with its 16 GB is enough for three or four virtual machines — enough to practise a two-node nested cluster, a firewall, a directory, a database. Compared with a physical machine at home, there is no noise, no electricity bill and no hardware to resell when you move on.
And unlike a home lab, this one is reachable from anywhere, with a public address and 1 Gbit/s. What runs there can therefore go live the day an experiment becomes a service — with no move required.
What the server brings, across the whole range
Proxmox VE already installed
The server arrives with <strong>Proxmox VE</strong> in place and its web interface reachable. You create your virtual machines and LXC containers from the browser, without a support ticket or a wait. <strong>Reinstalls are unlimited</strong>: an experiment that goes wrong is redone in minutes.
RAM, because that is what runs out first
On a hypervisor it is almost never the processor that caps out first: it is <strong>memory</strong>, because every virtual machine reserves its own. The range starts at <strong>16 GB</strong> and goes up to <strong>96 GB</strong>, which leaves room to stack several VMs without starving them.
Unlimited snapshots and backups
A snapshot before an update, another before a configuration change: that is what separates a test from a gamble. Neither the count nor the frequency is billed, so nothing discourages taking one more.
Up to 16 additional IPv4 addresses
Each VM can hold its own public address, which avoids routing everything through port forwards on the host. Useful as soon as a virtual firewall, a web server and a third-party service have to coexist cleanly.
What people learn on it
Networking, by breaking it
VLANs, bridges, routing, firewalls: these settle in through handling, not reading. A snapshot before each attempt makes the mistake free.
Clustering and quorum
Build a cluster of nested VMs, unplug a node, watch what happens. It is the only way to understand quorum beyond theory.
Prepare a certification
System administration exams demand practice. A lab of your own costs less than a dedicated computer and resets in minutes.
Test before deploying
Replay a migration, validate an automation script, check a version upgrade. The lab absorbs the surprises production would not forgive.
Run demonstrations
An environment you build, show a client, then erase. Every demonstration starts from a clean, known state.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, with no counter and no fee. That is what makes the server usable as a lab: a failed attempt costs only the time of a reinstall.
That is the point to confirm before relying on it, since it depends on the server configuration. Write to us before ordering if your project rests on VMs inside VMs: we would rather answer beforehand.
Nothing forbids it, it is the same server. Many start that way. Just remember to take backups to an outside destination as soon as the data matters.
The S plan at €13.99 is the right starting point: three or four VMs, plenty to practise on. You move up the day memory runs short, without reinstalling.