These sites are also often called RLS (Replication Lag Site), DRS (Delayed Replication Site), and just plain lag site. Officially, there really isn't a "correct" name as Microsoft and AD experts have referred to this concept in all four ways.

A lag site is a site in your AD that will contain at least one DC. This site is configured so that the replication only happens at a delayed schedule compared to all the other sites. This can be anything from one day to one week.

The purpose of lag sites is primarily to restore deleted objects quickly without having to go through the process of authoritative restores or even start working with tapes. If something gets inadvertently deleted, all that is needed is a replication in the opposite direction, from the lag site to the production DCs, and the deleted data is recovered. It is a clean, fast, and efficient way to recovery.

The other feature that is a natural by-product of a lag site, and used by quite a few organizations,...