CompTIA Network+ (N10-009)Network OperationsMedium
A company sets up a disaster recovery facility that has power, HVAC, and network cabling installed, along with some pre-configured server racks, but the actual servers and current data backups are not yet in place and would need to be shipped and restored during an activation. This best describes which type of DR site?
- AWarm site
- BCold site
- CCloud site
- DHot site
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Warm site
A warm site has infrastructure (power, HVAC, cabling, and often partial hardware) ready but requires additional equipment and data restoration before it becomes fully operational, offering a middle ground between the fully ready hot site and the bare-shell cold site.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. A cold site is only a bare facility with power and space, lacking any pre-installed racks or hardware.
- C. Cloud site is not a standard formal DR tier classification used in this context.
- D. A hot site has fully configured, running systems with near real-time data replication, requiring minimal setup time.
Warm Site
A DR facility with infrastructure and some hardware already in place, but requiring additional setup and data restoration to become fully operational.
- Middle tier between hot and cold sites
- Has power, cooling, cabling, partial racks/hardware
- Recovery time is longer than hot site but shorter than cold site
Memory trick: Hot ready now, Warm needs a little work, Cold needs everything.