A mid-size manufacturer is discussing where to deploy a new ERP system. For regulatory reasons, leadership insists that every server, storage array, and network switch that will host or support the application must reside in a data center physically located on company property and be serviced only by in-house staff. Which deployment model does this requirement describe?
Critical data stays on local servers, but applications are hosted in a public IaaS environment.
Workloads run on virtual machines provisioned on-demand from a third-party cloud provider.
The company installs its servers in racks inside a colocation facility operated by an external provider, accessing them remotely over the Internet.
All hardware and software run in a privately owned data center located on the organization's premises, with direct physical access by internal staff.
An on-premises architecture places all computing resources in facilities owned and controlled by the organization, allowing direct physical access by internal personnel. This fits the described requirement. The other choices rely on third-party facilities or services-public cloud resources, a mix of cloud and local resources, or a colocation data center-placing them in cloud or hybrid categories rather than pure on-prem.
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