[throwitaway1123]

I just ran the k3s install script on a vm, and then ran 'systemctl status k3s', and apparently it's using 1.4GB of memory (I haven't started any pods yet). I understand why you might opt for Kubernetes in a multi node cluster, but what does this provide in a single node cluster that you can't achieve with Docker Compose (or Podman Compose)? Not trying to be snarky, I'm legitimately curious.

EDIT: After playing around with this, it appears to scale its memory usage relative to the machine's total available memory. If you run it on a vm with 1GB or less of memory it'll use up roughly half the machine's memory.