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my two bare metal servers are the file server and music server. I have other services in a pi cluster.
file server because I can't think of why I would need to use a container.
the music software is proprietary and requires additional complications to get it to work properly...or at all, in a container. it also does not like sharing resources and is CPU heavy when playing to multiple sources.
if either of these machines die, a temporary replacement can be sourced very easily(e.g. the back of my server closet) and recreated from backups while I purchase new or fix/rebuild the broken one.
IMO the only reliable method for containers is a cluster because if you're running several containers on a device and it fails you've lost several services.
Cool, care to share more specifics on your Pi Cluster
I followed one of the many guides for installing proxmox on Rpis. 3node, 4gb rpi4s
I use the cluster for lighter services like Trilium, FreshRss, secondary DNS, a jumpbox... and something else I forget. I'm going to try immich and see how it performs.
my recent goto for cheap($200-300) servers are Debian + old Intel Macbook pros. I have two Minecraft bedrock servers on MBPs... one an i5, the other an i7.
I also use a Lenovo laptop to host some industrial control software for work.