Recovery Sites

Question 1

Cold site

Answer 1

• No hardware - empty building
• No data - bring it with you
• No people - bus in your team

Question 2

Warm site

Answer 2

• Somewhere between cold and hot
  
  • Just enough to get going
• Big room with rack space
  
  • You bring the hardware
• Hardware is ready and waiting
  
  • You bring the software and data

Question 3

Hot site

Answer 3

• An exact replica
  
  • Duplicate everything
• Stocked with hardware
  
  • Constantly updated
  • You buy two of everything
• Applications and software are constantly updated
  
  • Automated replication
• Flip a switch and everything moves
  
  • This may be quite a few switches