# Why is better to run mutliple docker containers then run one?

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**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [22 Setembro , 2015 12:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-better-to-run-mutliple-docker-containers-then-run-one/33579 "2015-09-22T12:05:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [22 Setembro , 2015 12:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-better-to-run-mutliple-docker-containers-then-run-one/33579/1 "2015-09-22T12:05:34Z")

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It seems much more cleaner to me to run one docker container for all dependecies for some app, and to have multiple docker containers to sepparate apps, for example discourse container, wordpress container.

But on many places i have read that that was not good practise, and that is better to separate database container, app container etc.

Can someone explaine me why is so?

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