Question

You have critical backups that are made at night and taken to an offsite location. Which of the following would allow for a minimal amount of downtime in the case of a disaster?

A. Make the offsite location into a cold site.
B. Have a backup server at the offsite location.
C. Make the offsite location into a hot site.
D. Make the offsite location into a warm site.

Answer 1

Make the offsite location into a hot site will be followed for a minimal amount of downtime in case of disaster.

Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

An external hot site disaster recovery is a viable option because in the case of disaster it remains fully functional. It is preferable for companies that deal with critical data which cannot tolerate any system malfunction. This type of recovery is the most expensive compared to cold and warm site.

The decision to keep it external that is, offsite could be due to lack of resources and staffing. In this case, management is the provider’s responsibility. Depending on the organisation, the external site can be of service to one organisation or space rented by multiple organisations.