That's a seemingly innocuous question with a highly subjective answer, which ironically has very objective consequences (pick a wrong technology, for example fo

That's a seemingly innocuous question with a highly subjective answer, which ironically has very objective consequences (pick a wrong technology, for example for wrong reasons like popularity, get stuck with all kinds of unnecessary problems, like lack of isolation, suboptimal performance, complex software lifecycle or data corruption, or all of that together, and I don't necessarily mean Microsoft here). Depends on who you ask and what their experience is. What can we tell you? Everyone will tell you what their preferred solution is. Since it's a subjective question, one person will tell you to go ahead, another that it's pointless. Why do you care what is going to be popular if you are building your own laboratory? Research which is the best solution; research them all. After all, that is the point of a laboratory, isn't it?