LXCs vs VMs - What Was My Rationale?

So in my last video, we took a look at what I've got running in my home lab back here, and we briefly discussed the hardware.

Then we talked about the two Proxmox servers I've got for production and the one I've got for testing and development. I don't develop, but it's for testing and tutorials, that sort of thing. I guess that's the better way to word that.

In the comment section of the last video I released about all of this stuff, a couple of people asked what was my rationale in deploying LXCs or Linux containers for each of my individual services rather than throwing up a couple of VMs, installing Docker, and then putting all of my services in those couple of VMs.

And I think that's a great question.

We discuss my rationale of my setup in this video.

Blog post/transcript: https://dbtechreviews.com/2024/05/01/lxcs-vs-vms-what-was-my-rationale/

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Additional info on LXCs and VMs:

✅ LXC Pros:

• Lightweight: LXCs share the host system’s kernel, making them much faster to start and use fewer resources than VMs.

✅ LXC Cons:

• Limited Isolation: They provide some isolation, but since they share the kernel, a security issue in one container could potentially impact others. -Linux-only: LXCs can only run Linux distributions that are compatible with the host’s kernel.

✅ Use for VMs:

• Running applications that require a specific operating system not compatible with the host.
• Situations where a high degree of security and isolation is critical.
• Running software that requires direct access to hardware resources.

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