Best practice: How many apps per LXC/VM?

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Hey all,

my (slow, but steady ;)) progress into the world of Proxmox as my home server brings up my next question:

Now that I have my first container set up, how many services do I pack into it?
Is it best practice to separate everything (i.e. one app per LXC / VM), or does it make sense to combine several services?

For example: A container that serves as a fileserver, and a Jellyfin mediaserver, which serves files that are located "on" the fileserver.
Is there a benefit to keeping them separate (other than general added security by compartmentalization, of course) or to putting then into the same container with different ports?

Thanks for your help.