Costs, training and support

To round off this chapter on deploying ChatGPT in the cloud with architecture design and scaling strategies, three additional areas are associated with a scaled enterprise service: costs, training and support.

Costs

Throughout this chapter, we discussed many services for a robust, enterprise-ready cloud ChatGPT service. While we wanted to focus on technical aspects of architecture design and scaling strategies, the topic of costs will (and should) be discussed, a critical factor from an ROI perspective that executives invariably weigh. Recognizing its significance, this section is dedicated to understanding the various elements that influence costs, alongside discussing strategies for cost optimization across different architectural layers – namely, the Model, Data, Application, and Infrastructure Layers.

There are variations in costs and these costs also change over time for any service. That is the nature of any business, not only a technology...