Clustering does provide a level of protection - even if you consider it just a High availability solution. It does cost more to implement than a standalone server, but you do get the benefit of uptime should a server fail.
Also, you can cluster servers that are in different buildings or are geographically disperse. Should one building lose power, you are still in business.
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