On Premise deployment installs the solution on the organisation's own servers, in its offices or datacenter, rather than in the cloud. Data never leaves the controlled infrastructure: a preferred choice for regulated sectors and sensitive information.
In practice at Gensai
Gensai offers On Premise architectures when confidentiality requires it, with self-hosted open-source models.
On Premise or sovereign cloud?
On Premise is justified when data must never leave the organisation's infrastructure, or when an isolated network is mandatory. It requires suitable servers, often equipped with GPUs, and a team to maintain them. When this absolute constraint does not exist, a sovereign cloud is simpler to operate.
Common mistake
Underestimating operating costs. Beyond the hardware, model updates, security, monitoring and scaling must be handled. This cost should be compared honestly with that of sovereign hosting.
Definition written with AI assistance, checked by Sébastien Lecocq, co-founder of Gensai.
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