Which recovery option provides a site with only the critical hardware and data, enabling faster recovery than starting from scratch?

• A. Hot Site
• B. Warm Site
• C. Recovery Site
• D. Repeater

Answer: (B)

Disaster recovery options differ in how much is already prepared at a separate site. A warm site keeps the essential hardware and up-to-date data copies ready, so you can start restoring operations quickly without building everything from scratch. This setup hits a middle ground: it’s faster to recover than starting anew because the critical components and data are already in place, but it isn’t as immediately available as a hot site, which is fully prepped to take over at once. The goal is to balance speed and cost, providing a workable, faster recovery path without the cost of maintaining a fully active, live environment. The option labeled as a recovery site is too vague for guaranteed readiness, and a repeater is simply a network device, not a disaster recovery facility.