Which of the following backup sites is the best way for rapid recovery if you do not need the full recovery temporarily?

Question

Options

• AHot backup site
• BCold backup site
• CMobile backup site
• DWarm backup site

• A
  11% (2)
• B
  5% (1)
• C
  84% (16)

Explanation

A mobile backup site is purpose-built for rapid, temporary deployment - it arrives as a self-contained, pre-equipped unit (often a trailer or portable facility) that can be operational within hours without requiring full infrastructure restoration. This makes it ideal when you need to get something running quickly but don't require complete recovery of all systems right away.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Hot site): A hot site does offer rapid recovery, but it provides full mirrored recovery - overkill and costly when only temporary, partial restoration is needed.
• B (Cold site): The opposite problem - a cold site has no pre-loaded equipment or data, making recovery the slowest option (days to weeks), not rapid.
• D (Warm site): A warm site has partial systems ready but still requires setup time and is oriented toward more permanent partial recovery, not quick temporary deployment.

Memory tip: Think of backup sites on a temperature scale - Cold (slow/empty) → Warm (partial/moderate) → Hot (full/instant). Mobile breaks the scale entirely: it's the "go-bag" of disaster recovery - grab it, deploy it fast, use it temporarily, and replace it with a proper solution later.

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