CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) — Question 29

An IT director is setting up new disaster and HA policies for a company. Limited downtime is critical to operations. To meet corporate requirements, the director set up two different datacenters across the country that will stay current on data and applications. In the event of an outage, the company can immediately switch from one datacenter to another. Which of the following does this BEST describe?

Answer options

• A. A warm site
• B. Data mirroring
• C. Multipathing
• D. Load balancing
• E. A hot site

Correct answer: E

Explanation

The correct answer is E, as a hot site provides a fully operational datacenter that can be used immediately in case of a failure, ensuring minimal downtime. A warm site (A) requires some time to become operational, as it is not fully equipped and ready like a hot site. Data mirroring (B) involves keeping copies of data synchronized but does not necessarily provide immediate failover capabilities. Multipathing (C) relates to data transfer paths rather than disaster recovery, and load balancing (D) distributes workloads across multiple resources but does not address site redundancy.