What is a Cold site?

• A. Fully equipped with hardware and software
• B. Facilities with adequate space and infrastructure
• C. Partially equipped office spaces with some hardware, software, telecom, and power
• D. A cloud-based disaster recovery service

Answer: (B)

A cold site is a disaster recovery facility that provides space and the basic building infrastructure needed to run a data center, such as power, cooling, and network connectivity, but does not include production hardware or data. You would bring in and install servers, software, and restore data after a disaster, so it’s the cheapest option with the longest recovery time. The other options describe environments that already have hardware and software (hot site) or only partial equipment (warm site), or a cloud DR service, which isn’t a physical site at all.