Should not be too hard to run multiple instances. I guess you need a separate directory for each. Then make sure none of the ports overlap (i.e. defaults can’t be used) so you need to set
external:
port: xxxx
internal:
port: yyyy
websocket:
channel:
port: zzzz
sync:
port: aaaa
And then you need to change epoch@localhost in releases/1.0.1/vm.args into say epoch2@localhost. Beware that is from memory and not something I’ve tried. Not sure it will be any more efficient though but maybe worth trying.