Which of the following active offsite storage backup facilities only contains equipment for performing backup and restore functions?
A.
Hot site
B.
Warm site
C.
Cold site
D.
All of the above
Explanation:
Cold sites usually only contain equipment for performing backup and restore functions.
A cold site does not have wide-area networking and other basic communications assets which are typical of warm sites.
Incorrect
Answers:
A: A hot site is used to perform constant mirror operations of the specific primary server, and contains all equipment necessary to perform this.
B: A warm site contains wide-area networking and other basic communications assets, which is not typical of a cold site.
D: A cold site is the correct answer.References:
Charles J. Brooks, Server+ Certification Exam Cram 2 (Exam SK0-002), QUE Publishing, Indianapolis, 2006, pp. 549-551.