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Monolithic setup vs dedicated devices (feddit.org)

submitted 2 months ago by tjoa@feddit.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Being a noob and all I was wondering whats the real benefit of having a monolithic lets say proxmox instance with router, DNS, VPN but also home asssistant and NAS functionalitiy all in one server? I always thought dedicated devices are simpler to maintain or replace and some services are also more critical than others I guess?

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[–] ashley@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Services that can utilize the full power of a single machine are quite rare. I have about 15 docker containers in total taking up about 800mb of ram on one of my servers. In reality having multiple can be more complex and harder to maintain, not to mention power efficiency and cost.