Private LLM Server for SMBs: Performance and Viability Analysis
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Investigates the feasibility of private LLM servers for SMBs.
- •Benchmarks Qwen3-30B on consumer-grade hardware.
- •Compares performance to cloud-based services.
- •Highlights cost and privacy benefits of on-premises solutions.
“The findings demonstrate that a carefully configured on-premises setup with emerging consumer hardware and a quantized open-source model can achieve performance comparable to cloud-based services, offering SMBs a viable pathway to deploy powerful LLMs without prohibitive costs or privacy compromises.”