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= Using the cluster-compare plugin
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You can use the `cluster-compare` plugin to compare a reference configuration with a configuration from a live cluster or `must-gather` data.

include::modules/using-cluster-compare-live-cluster.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/using-cluster-compare-must-gather.adoc[leveloffset=+1]


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.Additional resources
* xref:../../support/gathering-cluster-data.adoc#about-must-gather_gathering-cluster-data[Gathering data about your cluster]

include::modules/cluster-compare-reference-args.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/using-cluster-compare-telco-ref.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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== Additional resources
* xref:../../scalability_and_performance/telco-ran-du-rds.adoc#using-cluster-compare-telco-ran_ran-ref-design-crs[Comparing a cluster with the telco RAN DU reference configuration]
* xref:../../scalability_and_performance/telco-core-rds.adoc#using-cluster-compare-telco_core_telco-core[Comparing a cluster with the telco core reference configuration]
