A small business is establishing a disaster recovery plan with a very limited budget. The plan involves leasing a facility that provides only basic infrastructure, like power and cooling. In case of a disaster, the IT team will transport replacement hardware to the site and restore data from offsite cloud backups. This approach has a recovery time objective (RTO) of several days. Which disaster recovery site model does this scenario describe?
A cold site is a disaster recovery location that offers the most basic infrastructure, such as physical space, power, and cooling, but does not include IT hardware or data. Since the organization must bring in and set up its own equipment and restore data from backups, the recovery time is the longest among the different site types, often lasting several days. This makes it the most cost-effective option, which is ideal for businesses with a limited budget and a tolerance for longer downtime, as described in the scenario. A hot site is a fully equipped replica of the primary site for immediate failover, and a warm site is partially equipped to offer a balance between cost and recovery speed.
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