CCTV Server in a production environment: Container vs VM

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I understand that the general rule is VM for a production environment but the tinkerer in me is curious.

What would be the downside of running a production cctv server (unifi video on ubuntu 18.04) in a container.

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A cctv server is always getting hammered on disk writes. Is it even advisable to do it as a VM?

I am torn between baremetal or VM/LXC cctv server. As a VM, I get more mileage out of the hardware, allowing me to add other light use VMs.

Has anyone run cctv servers in a high density cctv environment (80 cameras split across 3 servers) under proxmox or VMs in general?
 
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Getting hammered by disk writes does not disqualify VMs per se. With 3 servers you could create a Proxmox VE cluster. One advantage of VMs might then be live-migration.
 

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