Virtualize vs. Containerize (Which should I choose?)

Should I virtualize this? Should I containerize this? These are great questions to ask yourself when spinning up self-hosted services in your Homelab environment. We'll review my previous video (20 Ways to Use a Virtual Machine (and other ideas for your homelab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVQmzaSabEQ) and decide which should run in a Docker container, which should be virtualized with Proxmox, and which should run on hardware as bare metal. Video Notes: https://technotim.live/posts/virtualize-vs-containerize/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/technotim Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/timothystewart6 Subscribe on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/technotim Become a YouTube member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOk-gHyjcWZNj3Br4oxwh0A/join Merch Shop 🛍️: https://l.technotim.live/shop Gear Recommendations: https://l.technotim.live/gear Get Help in Our Discord Community: https://l.technotim.live/discord 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TechnoTimTalks 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Why 01:19 - Definitions 02:35 - Should I Containerize this countdown 13:16 - My Choice Still Want to Virtualize? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVQmzaSabEQ Thanks AGAIN to these great products for existing. Distrowatch: https://distrowatch.com/ Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/ Home Assistant: https://www.home-assistant.io/ Homebridge: https://homebridge.io/ Wordpress: https://wordpress.com/ Kong: https://konghq.com/ Blue Iris: https://blueirissoftware.com/ ZoneMinder: https://zoneminder.com/ Plex: https://www.plex.tv/ pfsense: https://www.pfsense.org/download/ Unify: https://www.ui.com/ OpenVPN: https://openvpn.net/vpn-server/ Rancher: https://rancher.com/ Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/ Docker: https://www.docker.com/ FreeNAS: https://www.freenas.org/ Pi-hole: https://pi-hole.net/ NextCloud: https://nextcloud.com/ FileZilla: https://filezilla-project.org/ Grafana: https://grafana.com/ Backblaze: https://secure.backblaze.com/r/01vnb8 UrBackup: https://www.urbackup.org/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/ Steam Remote Play (In Home Streaming): https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay Folding at Home: https://foldingathome.org/ (Affiliate links may be included in this description. I may receive a small commission at no cost to you.) Tim Kits: ► 4K YouTube Kit - https://kit.co/TechnoTim/4k-youtube-kit ► Pro Level Live Streaming Kit - https://kit.co/TechnoTim/pro-level-live-streaming-kit ► Budget Gaming Streaming PC 2020- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/budget-gaming-streaming-pc-2020 ► Performance Virtualization Server- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/performance-virtualization-nas-server ► Budget NAS Server- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/budget-nas-server ► Coding & Gaming Keyboards- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/coding-gaming-keyboards ► Coding & Gaming Mice- https://kit.co/TechnoTim/coding-gaming-mice ⏯ Recommended Videos ⏯ ► 20 Ways to Use a Virtual Machine (and other ideas for your homelab) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVQmzaSabEQ ► Remote Gaming with Promox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgx3NMk6F54 ► Let's Build a Discord Bot Using DiscordJS - Moderator Bot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSZcyz2-twQ #Homelab #Containerization #Virtualization #SelfHosting #Proxmox #Docker #Kubernetes #Rancher Thank you for watching!