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What hardware are you looking at?
I would do a three node cluster (maybe even 5 node)
That's surely overkill for my use level. Most of these services are only really listening to the web port most of the time. Yes, some like Immich or Paperless-ngx do some brief intense processing, but I am skeptical that I need nearly that much separation. I am using an AMD Ryzen 7 5825U. I am open to ideas, but I also press hard against over-investing in hardware for a single-person home setup.
A three node cluster gives you much more flexibility and potentially uptime (assuming you do some sort of HA)
If you server has a major issue it is really nice to be able to offload to different hardware. I learned this the hard way.
Why clustering? What do you need HA ina home environment.
I could care less if my Jellyfin server went under for some hours of downtime due to some config change.
Will some be unhappy because my stuff isnt available? Maybe. Do I care about it? Depends on who it is.
Anyway: Way overkill outside of homelabbing and gaining experience fpr the lols.
I don't want to spend a bunch of time troubleshooting something. Having a way to move my stuff to a different host when the host crashing is very nice.