I'm setting up my dedicated server using an old hardware I have lying around and need the community's best architectural advice on separating services for maximum performance, stability, and Quick Sync utilisation. I’m pretty sure I’ve decided on Proxmox as the Hypervisor.

I want to know how you would separate the Docker services into LXC containers and/or VMs on this specific hardware.

The Hardware • CPU: Intel Core i7-4770T (4C/8T, Haswell) • RAM: 32 GB DDR3 • App/Container Storage: 512 GB NVMe (ZFS) • Bulk Data: 2 x 12 TB HDDs (Planned ZFS Mirror) • Hypervisor: Proxmox VE

The Services (All Docker) • Media/ML: Jellyfin (Transcoding), Immich (ML/Analysis) — Requires Quick Sync (QS). • Critical Data: Nextcloud AIO (File Sync, Database). • Utilities: Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM), Portainer, Uptime Kuma, Homarr, Mealie, Dawarich, LubeLogger.

Given this hardware and these services, how many LXCs/VMs would you create, and which services would you group together?

How would you allocate the i7-4770T's cores (4C/8T) and 32GB of RAM across your chosen LXCs/VMs?

How would you configure the 2 x 12TB HDDs to share storage between Nextcloud and the Media services (Jellyfin/Immich)?

I'm looking for your specific LXC/VM groupings and the rationale behind your choices. Thanks in advance!