The executive management team is mandating the company develop a disaster recovery plan. The cost must be kept to a minimum, and the money to fund additional internet connections is not available…

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Options

• AHot site
• BCold site
• CFailover site
• DWarm site

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  90% (26)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

A cold site is the lowest-cost disaster recovery option because it provides only the basic physical infrastructure (building, power, cooling) with no pre-installed hardware, software, or dedicated internet connections - you provision everything only after a disaster occurs. This directly satisfies both constraints: minimum cost and no budget for additional internet lines.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Hot site): Fully mirrors the production environment with live data replication and redundant internet connections - the most expensive option, opposite of what's required.
• C (Failover site): Implies active infrastructure ready for automatic switchover, which requires dedicated internet links and ongoing operational costs.
• D (Warm site): A middle ground with some pre-installed hardware and periodic data backups - cheaper than hot, but still incurs equipment and connectivity costs above a cold site.

Memory tip: Think of it as a temperature scale for spending - Cold = Cheapest, Hot = Highest cost. When the budget is frozen, go cold.

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