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Generally not something any hosts here do.
Even AWS only operates at a Tier 3 data center level
You might do better with regard to pricing by just having the same thing replicated across multiple DCs.
https://www.cura-it.de/de/hosting.html
They offer webhosting with 3GB webspace for whopping 25€ a month in TWL-KOM tier IV datacenter.
Let's take php-friends as tier III pricing example. Their lowest VPS appears to fit your specs and costs 8€ a month. For webhosting they ask 4€ on a 6 month commitment. So 25€/4€ = 6,25 and 6,25 * 8€ = 50€. So what you're looking for will be in a price range around 50€.
I guess you would do better combining several VPS in different T3 datacenters to achieve the uptime you want.
LET is hosted in a T5 datacenter.
(Though I think the tiers wrap around after 4...)
Do they really?
First a hint ->
("Verfügbarkeit" means availability)
There are ugly small details that can make a huge difference. For example a european (as in 'EU') 'T4' != 'TierIV'. That is especially true if it's EN50600 based because that is just a guideline. Translation: 'T4', EN50600 based basically boils down to "the DC was built and equipped and is run in a way that isn't obviously and grossly idiotic and dangerous".
Looking at the real reference, the underwriters lab, there is no (zero) Tier IV DCs in Germany. The geographically closest ones are in Luxembourg, France, and Netherlands.
The best one can get in Germany are TÜV T4 DCs and those, to the best of knowledge, are not even T4 but actually 2 connected T3 DCs which together achieve T4.
Being at "achieving", forget it. TÜV and others make a living by "inspecting" many things, so they certainly have no interest to anger a client by really looking hard ... and they gladly certify e.g. a dam as safe that breaks a while later and kills people (I have personal confirmation of that by a TÜV inspector/engineer).
IF you really need very high availability level insist on Tier III or IV (TIA-942) and also ask
My advice: considering the usually hefty price differences hosting critical stuff in two Tier III(+) DCs and dealing with the failover/redundancy in software or network might actually achieve at least Tier IV availability plus some nice extras (like different providers, locations at least 200 km apart, etc).
That said, I doubt that we (at LET after all) should expect more than Tier II plus a bit of good will ...
Tier comparison:
https://www.datacenters.com/news/tier-iii-vs-tier-iv-data-center-what-s-the-difference
List (look for "Tier IV Certification of Constructed Facility"):
https://uptimeinstitute.com/uptime-institute-awards/list
Answer to the question "What's the general pricing for a 2 vcore 4 GB 80 GB SSD 1 Gbps unmetered VPS in a T4 datacenter?":
To high to be asked on this forum.
Stick with T0 - Hostsolutions.ro and save your buck. ISO seed not worth it.
I think Tier 3 is the standard for most LET providers.
Just wonder if any LET providers have colocation at Switch Tier 5 datacenters: https://www.switch.com/tier-5/
They don't. There is a T5 data center definition https://www.switch.com/tier-5/ (tho unofficial)