NulNetDedicated Storage Server — NVMe, No HDD
Need a dedicated storage server? Honest answer: NVMe shelves here, not HDD. 4–5 TB root NVMe or 4×4 TB RAID metal from $48/mo annual-eff.
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VPS from $3* (fund $50+), storage 1–5 TB NVMe from $24/mo annual-eff, dedicated with IPMI from $30.80/mo. Crypto invoice, no KYC.
Launch nowThe honest answer to “4TB dedicated server”
3 query phrasings land here — “dedicated storage server”, “4TB dedicated server”, “HDD dedicated server” — and one catalog answer covers them honestly: this catalog is NVMe-only, there is no spinning-disk SKU, and the 4 TB class exists on two real paths. Path 1: Depot 4–5, a root KVM with 4–5 TB NVMe at $48–56/mo annual-eff ($60–70 list) — cheapest per TB, VPS-class, live in about a minute. Path 2: bare metal — Fortress carries 4×4 TB NVMe in RAID 0/1/5/10 (16 TB raw, 8–12 TB usable) at $138.80/mo annual-eff ($173.50 list) with IPMI. Sizing decides, not branding.
NVMe vs HDD: what you give up by skipping HDD
1 column in this table is the honest headline: price per terabyte. Rivals selling HDD shelves win that column, checked 2026-09-21 on their own pages — you pay a premium for NVMe. What you get back is speed (roughly 10× the IOPS of a 7200 rpm array), silence, half the heat, and no spinning platters to fail mechanically:
| NVMe (this catalog) | HDD shelves (rivals) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per TB | $24/TB annual-eff (Storage line) | cheaper — BuyVM slabs ≈ $5/TB, ultra.cc ≈ $3.25/TB, Hetzner BX ≈ $3.50/TB |
| Noise / vibration | none (no moving parts) | audible; rack vibrates under seek load |
| Heat | ~5–10 W per drive | ~6–9 W idle, more under seek; hot-swap airflow budgets |
| Failure mode | controller wear — watch SMART media wearout | mechanical — head crash, motor wear;3-year higher AFR class |
| Random IOPS | ~100k+ per drive | ~100–200 per drive |
| Root server included | yes — KVM root or bare metal | slabs are attach-only; BX is protocol-only |
If cold $/TB beats everything else, the honest recommendation is an HDD-class box or a protocol shelf — and this catalog is not it.
The two paths, priced
4 rows decide the sizing, list and annual-eff side by side:
| Path | List | Annual-eff | Usable capacity | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depot 4 | $60.00 | $48.00 | 4 TB NVMe (root KVM) | VPS, 10 Gbps, ~1 min deploy |
| Depot 5 | $70.00 | $56.00 | 5 TB NVMe (root KVM) | VPS, 10 Gbps |
| Fortress (“fortress”) | $173.50 | $138.80 | 4×4 TB NVMe, RAID 0/1/5/10 — 8–16 TB | bare metal, IPMI, 10 Gbps, EPYC 9354 / 256 GB DDR5 |
| Citadel | $298.50 | $238.80 | 4×4 TB NVMe Gen4 | dual EPYC 9474F, 25 Gbps, L3/L7 scrubber |
Catalog prices, checked 2026-09-27. RAID is not backup — the 3-2-1 rule still applies; see the offsite backup server page.
Sizing: 4 TB vs 8–12 TB usable
3 workload classes split at the 5 TB wall. Under 5 TB — one library, one backup repo, one node — the Storage VPS path is cheaper and faster to resize. Around 5–8 TB usable with real compute (transcoding, many small VMs, a busy database next to the data): Dedicated Fortress with RAID 10 gives 8 TB usable and double random-read performance. Over 12 TB usable: nobody honest sells that as “dedicated NVMe” at consumer prices — that is an HDD archive conversation, and the storage VPS ladder plus a protocol box is the cheaper honest stack.
When to NOT buy dedicated storage here
2 straight cases. If you need 20+ TB of warm, non-sensitive archive, an HDD shelf or a protocol box from the table above costs a fifth as much — take it. If you need object storage or S3-compatible buckets, this catalog sells servers with disks, not bucket APIs. Everything between those cases — 4–12 TB usable, root required, crypto payment — is what this page is for.
Depot 4 from $48/mo annual-eff, or Dedicated Fortress with 4×2 TB NVMe — IPMI included.
Deploy Storage Deploy Metal →Do you sell HDD dedicated servers?
No — the catalog is NVMe-only by design; cheaper per-TB HDD rivals are listed honestly in the comparison table above.
What fits on a 4 TB dedicated storage server?
A 4 TB root NVMe plan holds roughly 800k photos, 2–4 years of 4-cam NVR footage, or several encrypted backup repos with retention.
RAID level on the dedicated path?
RAID 0/1/5/10 is your call on Dedicated Fortress — 4×2 TB gives 4 TB usable in RAID 10 or 6 TB in RAID 5.
Is the storage VPS cheaper than dedicated metal?
Yes per TB — $24/TB annual-eff vs $138.80 for 8 TB usable; metal buys isolation and compute, not cheap terabytes.
Ready to launch?
Build the box — VPS, storage or bare metal — create the password, pay the invoice that follows.