Which option describes a backup site that is configured and ready to take over with some downtime, but not instantly?

• A. Warm Site
• B. Hot Site
• C. Cold Site
• D. Virtual Server

Answer: (A)

In disaster recovery, backup site readiness is described on a spectrum from instant failover to no prepped equipment. A warm site is pre-configured with power, network connectivity, and hardware, and data backups are available, but it isn’t running live production yet. If you need to switch over, there’s some downtime to bring the systems online and synchronize data, which places it between a hot site (instant, minimal downtime) and a cold site (no active equipment ready). The hot site would take over immediately with almost no downtime, the cold site would require substantial setup before you can operate, and a virtual server isn’t a standalone backup site type. So the described option fits a warm site.