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Who should use a VM?
Because application containers consume significantly fewer resources than virtual machines, we do not limit the number of container you can reserve during the semester - so (for example) if you need access to RStudio, it is probably best to reserve an RStudio container instead of a virtual machine
Virtual machines are useful when you want to install a large number of custom packages, are interested in programming servers, or acting as a system administration. By default, users are limited to reserving one VM at a time.
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