This dataset's 4.73 MB footprint with 591 KB average row size indicates a single-node deployment remains optimal; distributed infrastructure would introduce unnecessary coordination overhead. The modest scale presents a compression opportunity—at current density, even basic columnar encoding could reduce storage by 30–50% and improve query performance without architectural complexity. With only 8 rows, you are well below any meaningful scale threshold; prioritize compression and query optimization over infrastructure expansion until row count exceeds several million or total size approaches 1–2 GB.