# Virtualize vs. Containerize (Which should I choose?)

DevFeed: [Virtualize vs. Containerize (Which should I choose?)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/virtualize-vs-containerize-which-should-i-choose-10702.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/virtualize-vs-containerize/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2020-06-06T14:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Docker Container](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-container.md>), [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proxmox.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

Tags: [docker-container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-container.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxmox.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to choosing between Docker containers, Proxmox virtualization, and bare-metal hardware for self-hosted services in a homelab.

## Source excerpt

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) and decide which should run in a Docker container, which should be virtualized with Proxmox, and which should run on hardware as bare...