What is the best way to implement multiple servers on one computer?

Question

Virtualization

Hello,
I have a modest box (Celeron 1.6 GHz, SSD, 4 GB RAM), it has Win 7 Pro on it.
Installed Open Server there.
I want to add a video server there (also with a regular graphical UI).
The plans include a media server (also with UI) on the same computer.

Tell me, please, how best to implement this: just add software to Win 7 and "it will do" or run a virtual machine for each server? Will there be any rational gain from this second solution, or, on the contrary, not?
Graphical UI is important. Before managing servers only on the command line / via SSH, I have not matured.

(video server - a special program from ivideon for a couple of home webcams;
media server - in fact, file storage)

I always choose Answer-Solution; thanks in advance.

Answer 1

A separate virtual machine for each task - it is convenient if necessary to transfer these tasks to other computers, if you need to transfer not all together, but to different places.
At the same time, each virtual machine requires additional memory to run the kernel, services, and everything else. For a weak computer (first of all - if there is not enough memory), then this argument can be. main.
And what is the complexity and responsibility of the task? Those. what are the losses if one of the servers is down?
PS: It is necessary to study the command line.

Answer 2

With such characteristics, raising virtual machines on this machine is not at all an option.
For each service, a separate virtual machine is good, it’s convenient to manage, you can restart the virtual server at the right time and not hook the rest, transfer it if necessary. That's just every virtual machine will eat resources, in your case, resources are an unprecedented generosity.