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Hi everyone,

I have a bit of a philosophical question for you: Do you build VMs or containers with the idea of using them for all kinds of tasks, or do you design them more based on the specific task at hand?

I’ve built a small trading automation system using Postgres, N8N, and MetaTrader. Right now, I have an LXC container for Postgres, one for N8N, and a VM for MetaTrader. Each component could potentially take on additional tasks from other areas (e.g., more databases on the Postgres LXC or other N8N automations beyond trading). On the other hand, if I pack everything into a single VM and use the embedded services only for its task within this trading context, I’d have one VM with everything needed to install Proxmox on another machine in an emergency and recover the VM from a backup without much hassle.

What are your thoughts on this?