Managed Disaster Recovery Customized for your Business

Managed disaster recovery should be the most important measure you take to ensure your data security, reliability and continuity. Your needs must be assessed by professionals who offer the best in colocation services and programs. Sterling Network Services (SNS) offers a wide variety of disaster recovery choices and options for the enterprise & middle market company.

Any managed disaster recovery might say they provide you with the highest-quality managed data center access, but only Sterling can boast proven complete and total uninterrupted uptime to public and/or private data and networks within an 11-acre complex. At Sterling, We guarantee this 100% uptime by using primarily carrier-grade or better infrastructure to deliver the services you require. In addition, we have one of the world's elite data centers with a vast array of carrier options and connectivity. Sterling Network Services is unsurpassed in managed disaster recovery anywhere in North America. SNS operates multiple colocation centers - one features a 25,000 square foot blast-resistant, concrete structure with 18-inch thick steel-reinforced walls. Not only is this complex secure exteriorly, but is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and detection capabilities on the inside:

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.
4. Environment- Temperature and particulate controlled system with sixteen 30 ton Liebert HVAC units with superior heat loss and airflow.
5. State-of-the-art automated advanced fire safety and detection and suppression systems.

Disaster recovery for your company's data doesn't have to be difficult. Sterling Network Services makes it easy to develop a plan for your enterprise and business continuity.

Managed Disaster Recovery and the Sterling Disaster/Avoidance Plan

Managed disaster recovery from Sterling is delivered in the form of a complete package called the "SNS Disaster Recovery/Avoidance ("DR/A")" package. This all- inclusive package has everything needed for your enterprise to implement a DR/A plan. Our packages include several options for conditioned space, carrier-neutral connectivity choices, internet bandwidth and fully integrated and complete documentation support to build your DR/A plan. All types of disaster recovery planning sites (cold, warm and hot) have different prices starting from half cabinet basic plans and up- even customizable options. Contact Sterling Network Services today to get an managed disaster recovery quote.

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. In addition to managed disaster recovery services, 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 equipped for managed disaster recovery. 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 Managed Data Center 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.