The advantages of containers are multidimensional. The benefit of running multiple processes on a single node is not solely to increase utilization of a given m

The advantages of containers are multidimensional. The benefit of running multiple processes on a single node is not solely to increase utilization of a given machine but to also gain advantages in deployment, etc. Schedulers can take what's being mentioned here into account. You can say "I need at least 2 cores but would like up to 8" or "I need guaranteed 8 cores, evict lower priority containers if necessary" to ensure your containers aren't fighting over resources . You can also classify machines for certain types of workloads and then specify certain containers should run on a particular class of node. Not all container platforms handle this, but Kubernetes does at least.