A computer facility intended to provide emergency processing for damaged systems. Computers and power are already installed and simply waiting for the current data sets to be loaded.
A fully operational offsite data processing facility equipped with both hardware and system software to be used in the event of a disaster or for business continuity or disaster recovery. An option selected when the Recovery Time Objective is less than 12 minutes.
Backup site fully equipped to take over data processing operations at short notice. Contains fully configured computer equipment and live communications links. Computer files and data are frequently replicated and synchronized from the live site to the hot site.
a commercial disaster recovery service that enables an organization to sustain its computing and network abilities in the event of a massive equipment failure
a completely functioning alternate site in another independent geographic location complete with backup systems and a duplicate and current environment
a computer and data processing center with computers in
a fully equipped computer facility with hardware, environmental controls, security, and communications equipment in place
a fully equipped, operationally ready data center offering specific hardware platforms ready for almost immediate use when the service provider is notified of a disaster
an exact replica of a Web site hosted on a separate physical server residing in another hosting facility
a working site, equipped with the necessary computer systems and communication lines
A disaster recovery option in which communications facilities, servers, applications and data are maintained at a remote site in real-time synchronisation with the main facility.
A site (data centre, work area) that provides a BCM facility with the relevant work area recovery, telecommunications and IT interfaces and environmentally controlled space capable of providing relatively immediate backup data processing support to maintain the organisation's Mission Critical Activities. See: Warm Site, Cold Site, Alternate Site.
A data centre facility or office facility with sufficient hardware, communications interfaces and environmentally controlled space capable of providing relatively immediate backup data processing support.
An alternate facility that has the equipment and resources to recover the business functions affected by the occurrence of a disaster. Hot-sites may vary in type of facilities offered (such as data processing, communication, or any other critical business functions needing duplication). Location and size of the hot-site will be proportional to the equipment and resources needed. Go To: Term Definition
