A recovery site with limited resources and lower initial cost, but higher time to become operational, is called:

• A. Cold Site Recovery
• B. Hot Site
• C. Warm Site
• D. Mirror Site

Answer: (A)

Disaster recovery site options are defined by how ready they are and how much they cost. A cold site provides space and basic utilities but little to no active hardware or up-to-date data already in place. Because you must bring in equipment, configure it, and restore data after a disruption, it takes longer to become fully operational. That combination—limited resources and low upfront cost, with a longer recovery time—fits a cold site perfectly.

By comparison, a hot site has everything ready to go and can take over immediately, but it comes with a much higher ongoing cost. A warm site falls in between: some equipment and backups are prepared to speed recovery, but not as quickly as a hot site. A mirror site uses continuous real-time replication to another location, offering the fastest failover at the highest cost.