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Hot Site and Cold Site

Hot site and cold site both provide disaster recovery services. A hot site is a commercial disaster recovery service that allows a business to continue computer and network operations in the event of a computer or equipment disaster. A cold site provides disaster recovery services such as office space, but the customer provides and installs all the equipment needed to continue operations. A cold site is less expensive, but it takes longer to get an enterprise in full operation after the disaster.

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Hot Site and Cold Site