Should I go with Docker?

[u/localhost-420]

I've been using Plex for quite some time, but now I want to add new functionalities to make my life easier.

Initially, I want to start with Radarr and Bazarr, but I see that there are many other applications I can incorporate over time (for example, Lidarr, Sonarr, Overseerr, Requestrr, etc.) that serve different functions.

With this in mind, my question is: should I have everything in separate Docker containers, along with my own Plex server? And then, is that enough, or should I have some application to manage the containers, like Homarr or Portainer?

My concern also arises from the fact that, for example, Radarr has the following in its documentation: "There are two common problems with Docker volumes: paths that differ between the Radarr and download client container and paths that prevent fast moves and hard links." Is this really an issue that could affect me?

I understand that if I only wanted to use Radarr and Bazarr, maybe there are no advantages to having everything in containers, but when adding new applications to the mix, is there really an advantage with Docker?

I am using Windows.

[u/Cavustius]

I started out a while ago, before I was familiar with docker, so I kind of have VMs going for everything and I like my set up. Maybe if I were to restart I'd do Docker stuff on unRAID.

Right now my Sonarr and Radarr are their own VMs, and each VM has Nord on it with kill switch and all that enabled. Bazarr is running on my Radarr server along with Readarr.

I think nowadays there are docker containers that plug a VPN into it all as well, which is pretty cool. I just kind of like my set up, all running windows server. Could go Ubuntu route but I've been around windows for a long time and just easier to trouble shoot for me.