An Outsourced Data Center: A Secured Location for your Data

When choosing an outsourced data center, you'd want a wide range of options that will cater to your needs. At Sterling Network Services, we offer a wide range of space options from cabinets and cages, to ample power and bandwidth. Sterling's state-of-the-art data center features advantages that make using an outsourced location the best your money can buy. We are the right place to house your critical applications or provide you with a primary or secondary managed data center- no matter where your enterprise is located.

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 a facility like this secure on the outside, but is also equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and detection capabilities in the interior. These capabilities include:

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. Fire Safety- State-of-the-art automated advanced fire detection and suppression systems.

Sterling Network Services provides an exceptional data center and disaster recovery environment for a dependable and secure data center facility, for mission critical operations and for guaranteed 100% uptime. The choice is clear that choosing Sterling for your outsourced data center will drive your business continuity in the right direction.

Outsourced Data Center Features and Advantages

Clearly, SNS offers premiere carrier neutral data center services. Some features and Advantages of our outsourced data center:

• Access- direct connections with lower costs and an increase in price/performance metrics.
• Neutrality- carrier neutral, network-neutral and protocol neutral.
• Telecom Carriers & Service Providers- over 35+ major carriers and service providers including dark fiber providers and other networks.

The SNS Data Center Complex offers all of this and more! Clients also get a choice of managed services including a colocation environment, shared data center, cages, suites and enterprise data centers. Contact Sterling Network Services today to learn more about using an outsourced data center.

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 Managed Data Center Complex offers all 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 outsourced data center features and advantages.