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A backup facility that has the necessary electrical and physical components of a computer facility, but does not have the computer equipment in place. The site is ready to receive the necessary…
The correct answer is A. Cold Site. The description defines a 'cold site' - a backup facility that provides basic infrastructure like power and cooling but lacks the actual computer hardware, requiring the organization to install equipment if a disaster occurs. This is the least expensive but takes the longest to…
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A backup facility that has the necessary electrical and physical components of a computer facility, but does not have the computer equipment in place. The site is ready to receive the necessary replacement computer equipment in the event that the user has to move from their main computing location to an alternate site. Response:
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- ACold Site
- BData Site
- CWarm Site
- DHot Site
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- C5% (1)
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The description defines a 'cold site' - a backup facility that provides basic infrastructure like power and cooling but lacks the actual computer hardware, requiring the organization to install equipment if a disaster occurs. This is the least expensive but takes the longest to become operational.
A 'cold site' is a disaster recovery option that provides basic infrastructure such as space, power, and cooling, but does not include active computer equipment or network connectivity. Organizations must bring their own equipment, software, and data to a cold site to resume operations, making it the slowest to activate but the least expensive.
'Data Site' is not a standard term for a type of backup facility.
A 'warm site' includes some hardware, pre-configured network connectivity, and power, but may not have all current data or applications immediately available.
A 'hot site' is fully equipped with hardware, software, and network connectivity, mirroring the primary site's operations, allowing for immediate or near-immediate failover.
Concept tested: Disaster Recovery Site Types
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/resiliency/recovery-modes-azure
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