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.
Docker containers arnt virtual machines despite acting like them. They dont actually require compute resources to be sitting around doing nothing like a traditional vm cos they are essentially just a proxy between the kernal in the container and the kernal on the base machine.
If the container isnt doing anything then it isnt consuming resources.
It does consume some resources just not a lot.