The Zomato dataset at 5.78 MB with 605.1 bytes per row density is well-suited for single-node deployment; distributed infrastructure would introduce unnecessary operational overhead for this scale. Compression potential is moderate—the row density suggests structured data with limited redundancy, so expect 30–40% compression gains at best, yielding ~3.5 MB compressed. The dataset remains far below typical scale thresholds (100+ GB triggers distributed consideration); growth would need to exceed 50–100x current size before infrastructure migration becomes cost-justified, making single-node storage with standard indexing the optimal choice for this workload.