Data Center Management in a Secure and Controlled Environment

When choosing a data center management company for your business, think about your needs and what's important to you. Security and reliability probably are on the top of your list. Sterling Network Services (SNS) has a proven solution that follows through delivering quality customer service and state-of-the-art security and network connectivity. We are a carrier neutral data center management facility with secure colocation space for your web and data servers. With a wide range of space options from cabinets and cages, to ample primary and emergency power and bandwidth, Sterling's industry-leading data center features top notch advantages that are truly the best in comparison to all other southwest data center management colocations.

Your data center management needs is what's important to us at SNS. At the SNS data center complex, we offer clients a choice of managed services including dedicated, shared, cages, suites, enterprise data centers and more!

Data Center Management: The Sterling Network Services Solution

SNS operates multiple colocation centers - one features a 25,000 square foot data center management fortress. Sterling harbors a blast-resistant, massive concrete fortress with 18-inch thick steel-reinforced industrial walls. Our facility is located in the heart of Phoenix, AZ but our clients are all over the United States. Not only is this Phoenix a fortress-like complex outside, but is the epitome of a secure and equipped state-of-the-art interior. We have equipment and bio-detection capabilities that include:

1. Primary and Secondary Power Sources- Electrical service that consists of eight 2,000kva 480-volt transformers for 16,000 amps.
2. Emergency Power Supply- Several diesel generators each 1.5Mw with distributed power via 480V, 3 phase- 4 wire bus duct.
3. Biometric Safety and Security- Physical and other access control devices throughout the facility. Don't forget our fortress made of concrete walls, floors and ceilings.
4. Environmental Protection- Temperature/climate and particulate controlled system with sixteen 30 ton Liebert HVAC units. Superior heat loss and airflow.
5. Data Center Management Fire Safety- Industry-leading automated advanced fire detection and suppression systems.

Sterling Network Services guarantees 100% data center management uptime by using only a carrier-grade or better infrastructure. In addition, our extensive telecom tenant base infrastructure provides an opportunity for our clients to interconnect and gain direct access to major carriers and service providers in your area or around the United States. You can have the option of bringing your own fiber/connectivity in the data center and/or connecting to the fiber services of SNS. Contact Sterling today for a quote or for more information about our data center management services.

A Tier 4 Data Center with a Wholly Secure Environment

A Tier 4 data center from Sterling Network Services offers secure colocation and data/server storage space. The more mission critical the application is, the more redundancy, robustness, and security required. With a wide range of space options available, we can offer everything from standard and customized cabinets and cages, to ample power and bandwidth choices. Data centers like Sterling's are classified by Tiers, with Tier 1 being the most basic and inexpensive, and Tier 4 being the most robust and costly. Sterling's state-of-the-art data center's features and advantages are truly the best in the Southwest. Our facility offers the following features and much more:

1. Primary Power- Electrical service consisting of eight 2,000kva 480-volt transformers for 16,000 amps.
2. Emergency Power- Multiple diesel generators each 1.5Mw w/ power distributed via 480V, 3 phase, 4 wire bus duct.
3. Security- Biometric, physical and other access control devices throughout the facility. Not to mention the concrete walls, floors and ceilings and more!

We are the right place to house your critical data and hardware management or provide you with a primary or secondary managed data center and colocation services.

A Tier 1 data center is not required to have redundant power and cooling infrastructures, but Sterling Network Service's managed data center does. In contrast, a Tier 4 facility must have redundant systems for power and cooling, with multiple distribution paths that are active and fault tolerant. Sterling offers its clients a carrier-neutral network to almost every major telecommunications carrier in the United States and is a fully integrated Tier 4 facility. This also includes nine of the top ten best peered Internet backbones on earth. Many other networks are available through Sterling Network Services including private, public, research, dark fiber networks and others. Furthermore, access should be controlled with biometric readers and single-person entryways, gaseous fire suppression is required, and the facility can permit no more than 0.4 hours of downtime per year.

Tier 4 Data Center Features and Advantages

Clearly, SNS offers premiere Tier 4 data center services. With a top-of-the-line facility that offers 100% uptime, Features and Advantages of our Managed Data Center:

• Access to direct connections with lower costs and an increase in price/performance metrics.
• Carrier-neutral, network-neutral and protocol neutral.
• Cross-connections to any carrier with dedicated cabling, testing, tagging & termination.
• Over 35+ major carriers and service providers including dark fiber providers and other networks.

The SNS Data Center Management Complex offers all of this and more! Every SNS solution provides a 30-day installation guarantee, guaranteed 100% power and internet availability, all fiber optic connections, multiple carrier neutral connections and more! Contact Sterling Network Services today to learn more about Tier 4 data center features and advantages.