BUSINESS CONTINUITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Disaster Recovery Sites in Pittsburgh & Metro Columbus
Keep a second copy of your critical systems in a SOC 1 Type II audited facility with 99.997% uptime, away from your office and your primary site.
A Recovery Plan Needs a Place to Recover To
Backups protect data. Disaster recovery gets your systems running again when your office or primary site is down. That takes a second location with its own power, cooling and carriers.
The Pittsburgh Technology Bunker is fed by three utility substations and has 1.54 MW of power, air cooling with chillers and commercial HVAC systems, and carriers including Verizon, Lumos, DQE Communications, Cogent, Metro Optical and Fidium Fiber.
What a Sierra Recovery Site Gives You
Separate Location
Downtown Pittsburgh or Metro Columbus, apart from your office and your primary systems.
Its Own Carriers
Choose carriers that differ from your production site, so one outage can't hit both.
Space That Scales
Start with a few rack units for replicas and add cabinets as more systems join the plan.
Hands On Site
Remote hands can reboot, reconnect or troubleshoot your recovery equipment during an event.
Who Uses It
- Organizations whose only copy of key systems sits in the office
- Pittsburgh companies that want recovery in Metro Columbus, or the reverse
- Healthcare and financial teams that need a documented, audited second site
- Businesses that already back up with Sierra Experts and want a place to restore to
Test It Before You Need It
A recovery site only helps if failover works. Tell us your recovery time goal, and we'll help you plan space, power and carriers for it. Sierra Experts, our sister company, can manage backups and run recovery tests.
Add IT Support From Sierra Experts
Sierra Experts, our sister company, handles the IT that runs on and around your equipment.
Backup and Disaster Recovery Services
Managed backups and recovery testing from Sierra Experts, to pair with a recovery site in our facilities.
Visit Sierra ExpertsMicrosoft 365 Management
Ongoing Microsoft 365 administration and backup so cloud data is covered in your recovery plan.
Visit Sierra ExpertsManaged IT Services
Day-to-day IT support, monitoring and cybersecurity from Sierra Experts, our sister company.
Visit Sierra ExpertsFrequently Asked Questions
What is disaster recovery?
A plan and a second location for getting your systems running again after an outage, fire, flood or cyberattack takes your primary site down.
Is disaster recovery the same as backup?
No. Backup keeps copies of your data. Disaster recovery restores whole systems so people can work again.
Where can my recovery site be?
At The Pittsburgh Technology Bunker in Downtown Pittsburgh or at our Metro Columbus data center.
Can my recovery site use different carriers than production?
Yes. The Pittsburgh facility is carrier-neutral, with carriers including Verizon, Lumos, DQE Communications, Cogent, Metro Optical and Fidium Fiber, and more.
Who can test and manage the recovery systems?
Our sister company Sierra Experts offers managed backup and disaster recovery services, including recovery testing.
Plan Your Recovery Site
Tell us your recovery time goal, and we'll show you what a secondary site at the Bunker or in Metro Columbus looks like. 412.722.0707.