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**Author:** [@vipwhy12](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/vipwhy12)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/why-is-a-minimum-of-three-nodes-recommended/2561 "2024-08-26T13:16:17Z")
Hi Why is a minimum of three nodes recommended I’m using Docker to distribute two nodes to two servers and a single cluster I wanted to adjust the number of nodes to suit the server environment, but you can’t find eac…