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.

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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/...

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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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