<s>
A	O
backup	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
or	O
work	O
area	O
recovery	O
site	O
is	O
a	O
location	O
where	O
an	O
organization	O
can	O
relocate	O
following	O
a	O
disaster	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
fire	O
,	O
flood	O
,	O
terrorist	B-Device
threat	O
or	O
other	O
disruptive	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
plan	I-General_Concept
and	O
wider	O
business	O
continuity	O
planning	O
of	O
an	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
backup	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
alternate	O
,	O
site	O
can	O
be	O
another	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
location	O
operated	O
by	O
the	O
organization	O
,	O
or	O
contracted	O
via	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
specializes	O
in	O
disaster	O
recovery	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
one	O
organization	O
will	O
have	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
a	O
second	O
organization	O
to	O
operate	O
a	O
joint	O
backup	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
an	O
organization	O
may	O
have	O
a	O
reciprocal	O
agreement	O
with	O
another	O
organization	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
site	O
at	O
each	O
of	O
their	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cold	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
empty	O
operational	O
spaces	O
with	O
basic	O
facilities	O
like	O
raised	O
floors	O
,	O
air	O
conditioning	O
,	O
power	O
and	O
communication	O
lines	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
provisioned	O
hardware	O
contributes	O
to	O
the	O
minimal	O
start-up	O
costs	O
of	O
the	O
cold	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
requires	O
additional	O
time	O
following	O
the	O
disaster	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
operation	O
running	O
at	O
a	O
capacity	O
close	O
to	O
that	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
disaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
a	O
cold	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
may	O
have	O
equipment	O
available	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
operational	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
warm	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
compromise	O
between	O
hot	O
and	O
cold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warm	B-General_Concept
sites	I-General_Concept
might	O
have	O
backups	B-Protocol
on	O
hand	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
complete	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
between	O
several	O
days	O
and	O
a	O
week	O
old	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recovery	O
will	O
be	O
delayed	O
while	O
backup	B-Protocol
tapes	I-Protocol
are	O
delivered	O
to	O
the	O
warm	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
network	O
connectivity	O
is	O
established	O
and	O
data	O
is	O
recovered	O
from	O
a	O
remote	O
backup	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
near	O
duplicate	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
site	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
,	O
with	O
full	O
computer	O
systems	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
complete	O
backups	B-Protocol
of	O
user	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
disruption	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
site	O
,	O
the	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
exists	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
organization	O
can	O
relocate	O
,	O
with	O
minimal	O
losses	O
to	O
normal	O
operations	O
in	O
the	O
shortest	O
recovery	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ideally	O
,	O
a	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
will	O
be	O
up	O
and	O
running	O
within	O
a	O
matter	O
of	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Personnel	O
may	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
that	O
the	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
may	O
be	O
operational	O
from	O
a	O
data	O
processing	O
perspective	O
before	O
staff	O
has	O
relocated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
capacity	O
of	O
the	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
may	O
or	O
may	O
not	O
match	O
the	O
capacity	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
site	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
organization	O
's	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
type	O
of	O
backup	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
most	O
expensive	O
to	O
operate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hot	B-General_Concept
sites	I-General_Concept
are	O
popular	O
with	O
organizations	O
that	O
operate	O
real	O
time	O
processes	O
such	O
as	O
financial	O
institutions	O
,	O
government	O
agencies	O
and	O
eCommerce	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
important	O
feature	O
offered	O
from	O
a	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
the	O
production	O
environment(s )	O
is	O
running	O
concurrently	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
datacenter	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
event	O
of	O
a	O
significant	O
outage	O
event	O
,	O
the	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
can	O
take	O
the	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
impacted	O
site	O
immediately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
level	O
of	O
redundancy	O
does	O
not	O
come	O
cheap	O
,	O
and	O
businesses	O
will	O
have	O
to	O
weigh	O
the	O
cost-benefit-analysis	O
(	O
CBA	O
)	O
of	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
utilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowadays	O
if	O
the	O
backup	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
down	O
and	O
misses	O
the	O
"	O
proactive	O
"	O
approach	O
it	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
depending	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
maturity	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
regarding	O
the	O
ISO	O
22301	O
approach	O
(	O
international	O
standard	O
for	O
Business	O
Continuity	O
Management	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Choosing	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
backup	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
used	O
is	O
decided	O
by	O
an	O
organizations	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
cost	O
vs.	O
benefit	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hot	B-General_Concept
sites	I-General_Concept
are	O
traditionally	O
more	O
expensive	O
than	O
cold	B-General_Concept
sites	I-General_Concept
,	O
since	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
equipment	O
the	O
company	O
needs	O
must	O
be	O
purchased	O
and	O
thus	O
people	O
are	O
needed	O
to	O
maintain	O
it	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
operational	O
costs	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
advantage	O
of	O
a	O
hot	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
operations	O
prior	O
to	O
a	O
disaster	O
happening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
load	B-Application
balanced	I-Application
production	O
processing	O
method	O
can	O
be	O
cost	O
effective	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
provide	O
the	O
users	O
with	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
minimal	O
downtime	O
during	O
an	O
event	O
that	O
affects	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advantages	O
of	O
a	O
cold	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
are	O
simple	O
—	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
fewer	O
resources	O
to	O
operate	O
a	O
cold	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
because	O
no	O
equipment	O
has	O
been	O
brought	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
disaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
be	O
appropriate	O
in	O
a	O
server	B-Operating_System
farm	I-Operating_System
environment	I-Operating_System
,	O
where	O
old	O
hardware	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
downside	O
with	O
a	O
cold	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
potential	O
cost	O
that	O
must	O
be	O
incurred	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
cold	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
effective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
contracting	O
services	O
from	O
a	O
commercial	O
provider	O
of	O
backup	B-General_Concept
site	I-General_Concept
capability	O
,	O
organizations	O
should	O
take	O
note	O
of	O
contractual	O
usage	O
provision	O
and	O
invocation	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commercial	O
site	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
secondary	O
production	O
site	O
with	O
a	O
full	O
scale	O
mirroring	B-Architecture
environment	O
for	O
their	O
primary	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
