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>>> I read that with a cluster, vcenter manages itself and stays available as long as there is a host available.
That may be true for vSphere clusters with shared storage, and appropriate licensing/features (e.g. DRS), but not for Essentials with local storage. I usually patch/upgrade such small customer environments using the esxcli command line utility.
Without shared storage, and vMotion (i.e. Essentials Plus, or better), I don't see much benefit in putting the hosts in a cluster. One benefit could be a simpler backup configuration (in case you're using VM based backup), but with only a few VMs that's not a huge benefit.
André