Which facility type is not fully equipped like a hot site and is typically described in terms of days?

• A. Hot Site
• B. Warm Site
• C. Cold Site
• D. Mobile Site

Answer: (B)

A warm site sits between a hot site and a cold site in disaster recovery readiness. It isn’t fully equipped to run immediately like a hot site, so its time to become fully operational is described in days rather than minutes or hours. A warm site typically has power, cooling, network connectivity, and some infrastructure, but it lacks the complete set of hardware, software, and up-to-date data copies that a hot site has. Because those missing pieces must be installed, configured, and data restored, you plan for a recovery timeframe measured in days. In contrast, a hot site is ready to go almost instantly, a cold site provides space with little to no equipment and requires longer setup, and a mobile site is a portable solution that can be deployed as needed.