Which recovery site option provides more time to recover and is cheaper than a warm site, typically described in weeks?

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

Answer: (D)

Disaster recovery site options differ in how much infrastructure is already in place and how quickly you can resume operations after a disruption. A cold site provides the most time to recover and costs the least. It offers space and environmental controls, but you must supply and install all hardware and perform the restoration from backups yourself. Because you’re starting from scratch, the recovery process typically takes weeks to get fully back online, which is why it’s cheaper than a warm site. In comparison, a hot site has pre-installed systems and supports near-immediate failover but at a much higher price, while a warm site preloads some infrastructure and offers faster recovery than a cold site but costs more than a cold site.