In today's fast-moving, interconnected economy, the companies' IT solutions can either empower them to compete in increasingly crowded markets or hold it back. To respond to changing circumstances or take advantage of unexpected opportunities, it's wise to have a plan to address future needs, for example, additional storage space for the data. 

For small businesses, setting up and operating a data center is not a good idea due to the high cost. Some of them may turn to cloud data services, a cost-effective alternative choice. It sounds good because the company doesn't need to spend a lot of money on the construction of such facilities. However, with a cloud vendor, the company will be entrusting its data to a third party, which brings some potential risk for security and privacy. What's more, if your Internet connection fails, so does your access to remotely stored data. It will lead to costly downtime when your business heavily relies on cloud storage service. 

Fortunately, that's where Micro Data Center can help. 

What is a Micro Data Center？ 

A micro data center is modular or containerized and smaller than a computer room — typically one rack or more. All required IT functionalities are contained in the micro data center, designed to handle your specific needs at distributed locations and typically managed from a larger data center. For a typical small business, MDC offers an ideal answer for its IT infrastructure requirements. 

6 Ways a Small Business Can Benefit From an MDC （Micro Data Center） 

Lower TCO
If an agency needs more computing power or data storage but doesn't have space or budget to build or expand a data center, a micro modular data center allows them to start the data center with lower TCO. They takes up very little space, allowing quick deployment within a limited space and they are also easy to move and can be located anywhere without extra rooms, saving your office space.

Speed of Deployment
The installation of micro data centers will be much simpler than traditional data centers. It needs only on-site plug-and-play or a simple connection. With smart monitoring software and one-stop after-sales service, it's easy to troubleshoot and maintain.

Customization and Scalability
Micro data centers have the features of standardization and modularization so they reduce time and complexity to scale up or down quickly at the rack or pod level. 

Energy-saving
A hot or cold aisle containment system effectively isolates the mixing of cold and hot air. In rack cooling with horizontal airflow is used to reduce hot spots in data centers. With Kstar's high-efficiency UPS, it can achieve lower PUE at about 1.3.

Factory pre-installation, pre-test
With unified brand products, factory pre-installation and pre-testing, on-site installation only need to access the mains and network that can quickly put into use. In this way, product quality and after-sales service can be guaranteed

Security and Reliability
Access systems are equipped on the front and rear doors of the system- Standard IC card access or customizable multifunction (finger print, password and mechanical lock) are optional to enhance the security and reliability.

Learn more about Kstar micro data center:https://www.kstar.com/idu/15813.jhtml