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How many docker containers are you running on your server? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yo,

Wandering what the limit is when it comes to how many containers I can run. Currently I'm running around 15 containers. What happens if this is increased to say, 40? Also, can docker containers go "idle" when not being used - to save system resources?

I'm running a i7-6700k Intel cpu. Doesn't seem to be struggling at all with my current setup at least, maybe only when transcoding for Jellyfin.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Zero. It seems like software is increasingly expecting to be deployed in a container though, so that probably won't last forever.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

While I understand the frustration of feeling like you're being forced to adopt a particular process rather than being allowed to control your setup the way you see fit, the rapid proliferation of containers happened because they really do offer astonishing advantages over traditional methods of software development.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

It was a total game changer for me at least. Gone are the days of me spending an entire weekend day upgrading applications and eventually being scared to patch services. I also try things out I wouldn't have. I can have thee service up in a few minutes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I like containers it makes shit very convenient. I dont give a fuck about the specifics of some service i copy paste a docker compose and im off to the races.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Remember dealing with conflicting packages and conf files or updating dozens of vms? I sure do, and I don't miss it at all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And then it doesn't work on one VM and it takes you three days to figure out that VM had a slightly different version of a library and that makes the app segfault.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That was before my time lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Technically you can get something kind of like that with Ansible but I wouldn't recommend it.