Site Considerations
When dealing with disaster recovery and business continuity planning, the choice of a recovery site is a critical decision that can greatly impact an organization’s ability to respond to unexpected disruptions. There are three primary types of recovery sites: hot sites, warm sites, and cold sites. This section will discuss all three of these types, as well as the strategic distribution of these data centers through geographic dispersion:
- Hot Site: A hot site is the best site for rapid recovery. It is a fully operational site that mirrors your primary data center or infrastructure. This site is up and running with staff loading data into the systems immediately as it is replicated. This immediate response capability makes hot sites the most expensive option to maintain but also the fastest to recover from downtime.
With more companies using the cloud, cloud-based hot sites have similarly increased in popularity. By building these recovery sites...