Product Updates Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published May 16, 2025 4 min read

Feature: On-Premises

Self-hosted option.

On-premises deployment option

Self-hosted Nova for customers with regulatory or sovereignty requirements that cloud SaaS cannot meet.

Same product surface as the SaaS offering; deployed in customer infrastructure. K8s-native; standard Helm or OperatorHub installation.

Available on enterprise tier. Quarterly software updates; customer-controlled rollout.

Kubernetes 1.27+ (any vendor). Minimum 3-node cluster for HA.

PostgreSQL 14+ for metadata storage. Customer-managed; we provide schema.

Object storage S3-compatible: AWS S3, MinIO, on-prem alternatives. For audit logs and snapshots.

Updates: customer applies new versions on their schedule. Vendor provides release notes and migration guides.

Backup and disaster recovery: customer responsibility. We provide guidance; customer chooses tools.

Support: dedicated TAM for enterprise customers; quarterly architecture reviews.

On-prem: data sovereignty, compliance posture, full control. More operational work.

SaaS: lower operational burden, faster updates, integrated support. Some compliance limits.

Most customers choose SaaS. On-prem is for specific regulatory or data-locality requirements.