diff --git a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
index b0092813..31b69f62 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ serde.workspace = true
 serde_plain.workspace = true
 
 proxmox-auth-api = { workspace = true, features = [ "api-types" ] }
+proxmox-human-byte.workspace = true
 proxmox-lang.workspace=true
 proxmox-schema = { workspace = true, features = [ "api-macro" ] }
 proxmox-serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/human_byte.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/human_byte.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 189a645c..00000000
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/human_byte.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,358 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::{bail, Error};
-
-use proxmox_schema::{ApiStringFormat, ApiType, Schema, StringSchema, UpdaterType};
-
-/// Size units for byte sizes
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum SizeUnit {
-    Byte,
-    // SI (base 10)
-    KByte,
-    MByte,
-    GByte,
-    TByte,
-    PByte,
-    // IEC (base 2)
-    Kibi,
-    Mebi,
-    Gibi,
-    Tebi,
-    Pebi,
-}
-
-impl SizeUnit {
-    /// Returns the scaling factor
-    pub fn factor(&self) -> f64 {
-        match self {
-            SizeUnit::Byte => 1.0,
-            // SI (base 10)
-            SizeUnit::KByte => 1_000.0,
-            SizeUnit::MByte => 1_000_000.0,
-            SizeUnit::GByte => 1_000_000_000.0,
-            SizeUnit::TByte => 1_000_000_000_000.0,
-            SizeUnit::PByte => 1_000_000_000_000_000.0,
-            // IEC (base 2)
-            SizeUnit::Kibi => 1024.0,
-            SizeUnit::Mebi => 1024.0 * 1024.0,
-            SizeUnit::Gibi => 1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0,
-            SizeUnit::Tebi => 1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0,
-            SizeUnit::Pebi => 1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// gets the biggest possible unit still having a value greater zero before the decimal point
-    /// 'binary' specifies if IEC (base 2) units should be used or SI (base 10) ones
-    pub fn auto_scale(size: f64, binary: bool) -> SizeUnit {
-        if binary {
-            let bits = 64 - (size as u64).leading_zeros();
-            match bits {
-                51.. => SizeUnit::Pebi,
-                41..=50 => SizeUnit::Tebi,
-                31..=40 => SizeUnit::Gibi,
-                21..=30 => SizeUnit::Mebi,
-                11..=20 => SizeUnit::Kibi,
-                _ => SizeUnit::Byte,
-            }
-        } else if size >= 1_000_000_000_000_000.0 {
-            SizeUnit::PByte
-        } else if size >= 1_000_000_000_000.0 {
-            SizeUnit::TByte
-        } else if size >= 1_000_000_000.0 {
-            SizeUnit::GByte
-        } else if size >= 1_000_000.0 {
-            SizeUnit::MByte
-        } else if size >= 1_000.0 {
-            SizeUnit::KByte
-        } else {
-            SizeUnit::Byte
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Returns the string representation
-impl std::fmt::Display for SizeUnit {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            SizeUnit::Byte => write!(f, "B"),
-            // SI (base 10)
-            SizeUnit::KByte => write!(f, "KB"),
-            SizeUnit::MByte => write!(f, "MB"),
-            SizeUnit::GByte => write!(f, "GB"),
-            SizeUnit::TByte => write!(f, "TB"),
-            SizeUnit::PByte => write!(f, "PB"),
-            // IEC (base 2)
-            SizeUnit::Kibi => write!(f, "KiB"),
-            SizeUnit::Mebi => write!(f, "MiB"),
-            SizeUnit::Gibi => write!(f, "GiB"),
-            SizeUnit::Tebi => write!(f, "TiB"),
-            SizeUnit::Pebi => write!(f, "PiB"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Strips a trailing SizeUnit inclusive trailing whitespace
-/// Supports both IEC and SI based scales, the B/b byte symbol is optional.
-fn strip_unit(v: &str) -> (&str, SizeUnit) {
-    let v = v.strip_suffix(&['b', 'B'][..]).unwrap_or(v); // byte is implied anyway
-
-    let (v, binary) = match v.strip_suffix('i') {
-        Some(n) => (n, true),
-        None => (v, false),
-    };
-
-    let mut unit = SizeUnit::Byte;
-    #[rustfmt::skip]
-    let value = v.strip_suffix(|c: char| match c {
-        'k' | 'K' if !binary => { unit = SizeUnit::KByte; true }
-        'm' | 'M' if !binary => { unit = SizeUnit::MByte; true }
-        'g' | 'G' if !binary => { unit = SizeUnit::GByte; true }
-        't' | 'T' if !binary => { unit = SizeUnit::TByte; true }
-        'p' | 'P' if !binary => { unit = SizeUnit::PByte; true }
-        // binary (IEC recommended) variants
-        'k' | 'K' if binary => { unit = SizeUnit::Kibi; true }
-        'm' | 'M' if binary => { unit = SizeUnit::Mebi; true }
-        'g' | 'G' if binary => { unit = SizeUnit::Gibi; true }
-        't' | 'T' if binary => { unit = SizeUnit::Tebi; true }
-        'p' | 'P' if binary => { unit = SizeUnit::Pebi; true }
-        _ => false
-    }).unwrap_or(v).trim_end();
-
-    (value, unit)
-}
-
-/// Byte size which can be displayed in a human friendly way
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, UpdaterType, PartialEq)]
-pub struct HumanByte {
-    /// The siginficant value, it does not includes any factor of the `unit`
-    size: f64,
-    /// The scale/unit of the value
-    unit: SizeUnit,
-}
-
-fn verify_human_byte(s: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    match s.parse::<HumanByte>() {
-        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-        Err(err) => bail!("byte-size parse error for '{}': {}", s, err),
-    }
-}
-impl ApiType for HumanByte {
-    const API_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new(
-        "Byte size with optional unit (B, KB (base 10), MB, GB, ..., KiB (base 2), MiB, Gib, ...).",
-    )
-    .format(&ApiStringFormat::VerifyFn(verify_human_byte))
-    .min_length(1)
-    .max_length(64)
-    .schema();
-}
-
-impl HumanByte {
-    /// Create instance with size and unit (size must be positive)
-    pub fn with_unit(size: f64, unit: SizeUnit) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        if size < 0.0 {
-            bail!("byte size may not be negative");
-        }
-        Ok(HumanByte { size, unit })
-    }
-
-    /// Create a new instance with optimal binary unit computed
-    pub fn new_binary(size: f64) -> Self {
-        let unit = SizeUnit::auto_scale(size, true);
-        HumanByte {
-            size: size / unit.factor(),
-            unit,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Create a new instance with optimal decimal unit computed
-    pub fn new_decimal(size: f64) -> Self {
-        let unit = SizeUnit::auto_scale(size, false);
-        HumanByte {
-            size: size / unit.factor(),
-            unit,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the size as u64 number of bytes
-    pub fn as_u64(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.as_f64() as u64
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the size as f64 number of bytes
-    pub fn as_f64(&self) -> f64 {
-        self.size * self.unit.factor()
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a copy with optimal binary unit computed
-    pub fn auto_scale_binary(self) -> Self {
-        HumanByte::new_binary(self.as_f64())
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a copy with optimal decimal unit computed
-    pub fn auto_scale_decimal(self) -> Self {
-        HumanByte::new_decimal(self.as_f64())
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<u64> for HumanByte {
-    fn from(v: u64) -> Self {
-        HumanByte::new_binary(v as f64)
-    }
-}
-impl From<usize> for HumanByte {
-    fn from(v: usize) -> Self {
-        HumanByte::new_binary(v as f64)
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Display for HumanByte {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let precision = f.precision().unwrap_or(3) as f64;
-        let precision_factor = 1.0 * 10.0_f64.powf(precision);
-        // this could cause loss of information, rust has sadly no shortest-max-X flt2dec fmt yet
-        let size = ((self.size * precision_factor).round()) / precision_factor;
-        write!(f, "{} {}", size, self.unit)
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::str::FromStr for HumanByte {
-    type Err = Error;
-
-    fn from_str(v: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let (v, unit) = strip_unit(v);
-        HumanByte::with_unit(v.parse()?, unit)
-    }
-}
-
-proxmox_serde::forward_deserialize_to_from_str!(HumanByte);
-proxmox_serde::forward_serialize_to_display!(HumanByte);
-
-#[test]
-fn test_human_byte_parser() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    assert!("-10".parse::<HumanByte>().is_err()); // negative size
-
-    fn do_test(v: &str, size: f64, unit: SizeUnit, as_str: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let h: HumanByte = v.parse()?;
-
-        if h.size != size {
-            bail!("got unexpected size for '{}' ({} != {})", v, h.size, size);
-        }
-        if h.unit != unit {
-            bail!(
-                "got unexpected unit for '{}' ({:?} != {:?})",
-                v,
-                h.unit,
-                unit
-            );
-        }
-
-        let new = h.to_string();
-        if new != *as_str {
-            bail!("to_string failed for '{}' ({:?} != {:?})", v, new, as_str);
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-    fn test(v: &str, size: f64, unit: SizeUnit, as_str: &str) -> bool {
-        match do_test(v, size, unit, as_str) {
-            Ok(_) => true,
-            Err(err) => {
-                eprintln!("{}", err); // makes debugging easier
-                false
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    assert!(test("14", 14.0, SizeUnit::Byte, "14 B"));
-    assert!(test("14.4", 14.4, SizeUnit::Byte, "14.4 B"));
-    assert!(test("14.45", 14.45, SizeUnit::Byte, "14.45 B"));
-    assert!(test("14.456", 14.456, SizeUnit::Byte, "14.456 B"));
-    assert!(test("14.4567", 14.4567, SizeUnit::Byte, "14.457 B"));
-
-    let h: HumanByte = "1.2345678".parse()?;
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.0}", h), "1 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.0}", h.as_f64()), "1"); // use as_f64 to get raw bytes without unit
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.1}", h), "1.2 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.2}", h), "1.23 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.3}", h), "1.235 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.4}", h), "1.2346 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.5}", h), "1.23457 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.6}", h), "1.234568 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.7}", h), "1.2345678 B");
-    assert_eq!(&format!("{:.8}", h), "1.2345678 B");
-
-    assert!(test(
-        "987654321",
-        987654321.0,
-        SizeUnit::Byte,
-        "987654321 B"
-    ));
-
-    assert!(test("1300b", 1300.0, SizeUnit::Byte, "1300 B"));
-    assert!(test("1300B", 1300.0, SizeUnit::Byte, "1300 B"));
-    assert!(test("1300 B", 1300.0, SizeUnit::Byte, "1300 B"));
-    assert!(test("1300 b", 1300.0, SizeUnit::Byte, "1300 B"));
-
-    assert!(test("1.5KB", 1.5, SizeUnit::KByte, "1.5 KB"));
-    assert!(test("1.5kb", 1.5, SizeUnit::KByte, "1.5 KB"));
-    assert!(test("1.654321MB", 1.654_321, SizeUnit::MByte, "1.654 MB"));
-
-    assert!(test("2.0GB", 2.0, SizeUnit::GByte, "2 GB"));
-
-    assert!(test("1.4TB", 1.4, SizeUnit::TByte, "1.4 TB"));
-    assert!(test("1.4tb", 1.4, SizeUnit::TByte, "1.4 TB"));
-
-    assert!(test("2KiB", 2.0, SizeUnit::Kibi, "2 KiB"));
-    assert!(test("2Ki", 2.0, SizeUnit::Kibi, "2 KiB"));
-    assert!(test("2kib", 2.0, SizeUnit::Kibi, "2 KiB"));
-
-    assert!(test("2.3454MiB", 2.3454, SizeUnit::Mebi, "2.345 MiB"));
-    assert!(test("2.3456MiB", 2.3456, SizeUnit::Mebi, "2.346 MiB"));
-
-    assert!(test("4gib", 4.0, SizeUnit::Gibi, "4 GiB"));
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn test_human_byte_auto_unit_decimal() {
-    fn convert(b: u64) -> String {
-        HumanByte::new_decimal(b as f64).to_string()
-    }
-    assert_eq!(convert(987), "987 B");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1022), "1.022 KB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(9_000), "9 KB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1_000), "1 KB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1_000_000), "1 MB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1_000_000_000), "1 GB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1_000_000_000_000), "1 TB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1_000_000_000_000_000), "1 PB");
-
-    assert_eq!(convert((1 << 30) + 103 * (1 << 20)), "1.182 GB");
-    assert_eq!(convert((1 << 30) + 128 * (1 << 20)), "1.208 GB");
-    assert_eq!(convert((2 << 50) + 500 * (1 << 40)), "2.802 PB");
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn test_human_byte_auto_unit_binary() {
-    fn convert(b: u64) -> String {
-        HumanByte::from(b).to_string()
-    }
-    assert_eq!(convert(0), "0 B");
-    assert_eq!(convert(987), "987 B");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1022), "1022 B");
-    assert_eq!(convert(9_000), "8.789 KiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(10_000_000), "9.537 MiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(10_000_000_000), "9.313 GiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(10_000_000_000_000), "9.095 TiB");
-
-    assert_eq!(convert(1 << 10), "1 KiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert((1 << 10) * 10), "10 KiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1 << 20), "1 MiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1 << 30), "1 GiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1 << 40), "1 TiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert(1 << 50), "1 PiB");
-
-    assert_eq!(convert((1 << 30) + 103 * (1 << 20)), "1.101 GiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert((1 << 30) + 128 * (1 << 20)), "1.125 GiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert((1 << 40) + 128 * (1 << 30)), "1.125 TiB");
-    assert_eq!(convert((2 << 50) + 512 * (1 << 40)), "2.5 PiB");
-}
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
index 2a5c1932..4764c51a 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ pub use acl::*;
 mod datastore;
 pub use datastore::*;
 
-mod human_byte;
-pub use human_byte::HumanByte;
-
 mod jobs;
 pub use jobs::*;
 
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/traffic_control.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/traffic_control.rs
index 947df38a..24195e44 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/traffic_control.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/traffic_control.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use proxmox_human_byte::HumanByte;
 use proxmox_schema::{api, IntegerSchema, Schema, StringSchema, Updater};
 
 use crate::{
-    HumanByte, CIDR_SCHEMA, DAILY_DURATION_FORMAT, PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_FORMAT,
-    SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA,
+    CIDR_SCHEMA, DAILY_DURATION_FORMAT, PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_FORMAT, SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA,
 };
 
 pub const TRAFFIC_CONTROL_TIMEFRAME_SCHEMA: Schema =