The Table Tennis Sept2022 dataset at 4.73 MB is well-suited for single-node deployment, with no immediate pressure to distribute. At 602.6 bytes per row, the data carries moderate density; compression could reduce footprint by 30–50% depending on column cardinality, but gains are marginal given the small absolute size. This dataset remains far below typical scale thresholds (100+ MB signals distributed consideration), so infrastructure investment should focus on query optimization and indexing rather than architectural changes.