A financial services company requires a disaster recovery solution that ensures its critical online trading platform can be restored within minutes of a major outage. The solution must maintain up-to-the-minute data synchronization to prevent any transaction loss. The board has approved a significant budget for this initiative, prioritizing immediate recovery over cost savings.
Which of the following disaster recovery site types BEST meets these requirements?
The correct answer is a hot site. A hot site is a fully mirrored, operational data center with real-time data replication, designed for the lowest possible Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO). The scenario's requirements for restoration 'within minutes' and 'up-to-the-minute data synchronization' directly map to the capabilities of a hot site, which can failover in minutes or even seconds. The company's significant budget also aligns with the high cost associated with maintaining a hot site.
A warm site has hardware and network connections but lacks current data, leading to a recovery time of hours or days, which does not meet the company's RTO.
A cold site is a basic facility with power and cooling but no equipment, requiring days or weeks to become operational, making it unsuitable for this scenario.
A cloud site describes the location, not the readiness level. While a hot site can be implemented in the cloud, 'hot site' is the specific term that describes the required level of operational readiness and rapid failover capability.
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