Redundant Site Considerations

Question 1

What is a Redundant Site?

Answer 1

Alternative site for backup incase the primary location encounters a failure or interruption

Question 2

What’s a Hot Site?

Answer 2

Site that is up and running continuously and can switch from the main site to a backup site with no downtime and issue

Downside: expensive

Question 3

What is a Warm Site?

Answer 3

A partially equipped backup site

Can become operational within days of a primary site disruption

A lot cheaper but low response time

Question 4

What is a Cold Site?

Answer 4

A site with no immediate equipment or infrastructure but can be transformed into a functional backup facility

Question 5

What is a Mobile Site?

Answer 5

a mobile site can be a hot site, a warm site, or a cold site, it just depends on how you want to configure it

Often in the form of trailers or tents that will be delivered to your location

Question 6

What is Virtual Site?

Answer 6

Utilizes cloud-based environments and offers highly flexible approach to redundancy

Virtual Warm Site: Instantly accessible

Virtual Warm Site: Partially replicated and scalable

Virtual Cold Site: Minimal activation to minimize costs

Question 7

What is Platform Diversity?

Answer 7

critical aspect of designing and implementing effective virtual redundant sites

Question 8

What is a Cloud-Provider Platform Diversity?

Answer 8

Spreading resources across multiple cloud providers reducing the risk of a single platform outage