Factors

Traditional Data Center

Modular Data Center

Quality control

Every traditional data center building is built on different factors. So there should be different issues in the construction buildings such like different construction crews, different inspection teams, even different hardware and software infrastructure and installation teams if enough time has passed between data center production.

Modular data centers usually follow a basic rules to manufacture and construct. They are produced to measurable specifications using similar inspection and construction materials and teams. This factory manufacturing system produces predictable quality results every time.

Scalability

Traditional data center might have enough space to scalable the system but the cost would be great and time delay should be considered as well since, racks are positioned and ICT equipments should be provisioned and integrated in to the data center.

A modular datacenter on the other hand can be delivered intact, ready for use and very easily scalable.

Technology

Traditional data centers require planning years ahead of current needs in order to save on capital costs. This causes many private data centers to fall behind on technology trends because they cannot adopt new technology fast enough

A modular system focuses on a much smaller time frame for construction, deployment, depreciation and redeployment. This means that the technology will be more up to date and as the business scales

Space

Usually requires a large amount of space to deploy traditional datacenters.

The designs of modular data centers are optimized, giving them a compact footprint.

Maintenance

Hard to maintain as so many products are installed and kept on a scattered way.

Easy to maintain as most of the equipment are installed on a single array of cabinet.

Environmental facts

The area are usually open and large, so all the power equipment becomes messy because of so many wire connections and filled with dust.

Because of the closed operation, the internal circulation system ensures cleanliness and wires connected properly and on a systematic way.

Cooling

Not financially viable as it requires so many air cooler to cool the system, the larger the area more the air cooler requires to cope.

As air cooler can be integrated in to the cabinet as well, which gives upper hand to deploy data center without air-conditioner in the room as well.

Installation

So many equipments need to install, make that comparatively hard to install and set up traditional data center.

Due to installation of most of the equipments in to the compact cabinet, installation and setting up the system is very easy.

Monitoring

Comparatively hard to monitor as so many equipments need to surviellance differently.

Comparatively easy as most of the equipments are compacted in to the cabinet.

Cost

Due to larger space, installation of different equipments on a scattered way (requires more resource to monitor), cost of traditional data center usually higher.

With fewer sites and assets to manage, the task of physically securing the enterprise becomes far easier, less costly, and requires fewer resources.