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> Given we usually perform PVE backups to a NFS server (in a PVE cluster 
> node or standalone NAS), do you think it would make sense to setup PBS 
> in a VM, with storage on a NFS server?

I guess you can do that, but you may not get maximal performance this way.

Especially if you put the data on NFS, you can end up sending 
everything twice over the network ...