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= Installing a three-node cluster on vSphere
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In {product-title} version {product-version}, you can install a three-node cluster on VMware vSphere. A three-node cluster consists of three control plane machines, which also act as compute machines. This type of cluster provides a smaller, more resource efficient cluster, for cluster administrators and developers to use for testing, development, and production.

You can install a three-node cluster using either installer-provisioned or user-provisioned infrastructure.

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== Next steps
* xref:../../installing/installing_vsphere/ipi/installing-vsphere-installer-provisioned-customizations.adoc#installing-vsphere-installer-provisioned-customizations[Installing a cluster on vSphere with customizations]
* xref:../../installing/installing_vsphere/upi/installing-vsphere.adoc#installing-vsphere[Installing a cluster on vSphere with user-provisioned infrastructure]