Hi, I'm looking to buy a small computer to upgrade my setup for selfhosted servers. Right now I'm running containers directly on my qnap nas but I would like to migrate most of them on a dedicated server. I'm looking for something that could run docker with stuff like plex, arrr apps, Torrenring, wireguard, vault garden and more. I would like for that server to be very power efficient, something running with as low as 65w TDP or less and also I would like it to be a small computer, something like beelink or Lenovo tiny form factor for example . I looked some small pc from Lenovo, Dell, hp and as I understood it is a bit messy with the power usage depending of the cpu. So I was wondering what would me options be here? Is there other people here who also wanted to run power efficient servers if yes what did you found?
Why would I go with proxmox rather than only a ubuntu server with docker and portainer as front end?
No reason one way or the other. I just like trying different things pretty often.
Haha ok make sense
If you have no need for a nice UI for VMs/Containers then there's no reason. You can do everything proxmox does with CLI but with a lot more effort.
If I'm not mistaken, proxmox does not support container right?
It does, it uses LXC containers.
I have to learn about lxc container, I'm use to docker container but lxc is a mystery for me haha. Thanks
LXC is a lot more like a VM, where you just get an OS and you have to set up things inside. Whereas docker is pre-made images that are already set up and ready to go.
Ok so will it use the Kernel of its host or it will have its own ?
Containers use the kernel of the host, you can use a VM if you don't want that.