Original Source: Simplicable  by John Spacey

“A cold site is a work area for disaster recovery that is geographically separated from a firm’s primary office location. It may include equipment but information services need to be configured and updated with current data before use.

A hot site is a work area for disaster recovery that includes reasonably up-to-date versions of required information systems and data. It can be used immediately in the case that access to an office is disrupted by a disaster such as a fire or earthquake…”

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