What term describes the practice of distributing IT services and infrastructure across multiple geographic locations to reduce risk of data loss and improve disaster recovery?
Geographic dispersion refers to the strategic placement of IT resources, such as data centers and recovery sites, in various physical locations to minimize the risk associated with localized disasters. This dispersion helps organizations ensure continuity of operations and maintain availability of IT services in the event of an outage or disaster in one location. The incorrect answers offered either describe other concepts or do not specifically relate to the strategy of placing resources in diverse locations for resilience and recovery purposes.
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