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The VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Operations deployment documentation describes multiple deployment models for VCF Operations, including Simple , High Availability , and Continuous Availability models.

The Simple deployment model is explicitly defined as a single-node deployment intended for environments that require minimal resource consumption. The documentation states:

“The Simple deployment model deploys a single VCF Operations node and is suitable for smaller environments or environments where high availability is not required.”

In contrast:

High Availability deploys three nodes for redundancy.

Continuous Availability is designed for zero-downtime upgrades and requires even more resources.

Stretched Cluster is not a VCF Operations deployment model but a vSAN cluster configuration.

Since the requirement is the smallest possible resource footprint , the correct model is Simple .