You are advising a school district on disaster recovery plans. In case a disaster affects the main IT centers for the district they will need to be able to work from an alternate location. However…

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Options

• AWarm site
• BCold site
• CHot site
• DOff site

• A
  5% (2)
• B
  79% (30)
• C
  13% (5)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

A cold site is the most budget-appropriate choice for a school district because it provides a basic alternate facility (power, network infrastructure, empty floor space) without pre-installed hardware or active systems - keeping costs minimal while still enabling recovery operations when needed.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Warm site - has some pre-configured hardware and partially active systems, making it faster to activate than a cold site but significantly more expensive to maintain.
• C. Hot site - is a fully operational mirror of the primary site, ready for immediate failover; it's the most expensive option and far exceeds a budget-constrained district's needs.
• D. Off site - refers to off-site data/backup storage, not a recovery facility; it doesn't address the need for an alternate working location.

Memory tip: Think of the temperature as representing both readiness and cost - Hot = instantly ready and expensive, Warm = partially ready and moderate cost, Cold = not ready but cheapest. When budget is the constraint, go Cold.

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