ITPEC FE Morning April 2020 Question 13
ITPEC FE Morning April 2020 — Question 13 of 80
Hot / Warm / Cold Site — backup site configurations ranked by recovery speed.
Hot site — a fully operational standby site with real-time data synchronization. Business resumes immediately upon failure.
Warm site — hardware is pre-installed, but backup data must be loaded at the time of failure. Recovery takes hours.
Cold site — only the physical space is reserved. Hardware, software, and data must all be set up from scratch. Recovery takes days.
Why (b):
- Standby site with continuous data/program updates via network
- Immediate business resumption = defining feature of a hot site
Why not others:
- (a) — shared site + loading backups on failure → closer to a cold site
- (c) — spare site + loading hardware and backups on failure → warm site
- (d) — spare site with periodically stored backups → warm site
Key rule: Hot site = real-time sync + instant failover. If backups need to be "loaded" or "restored," it's not hot.
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