Alternate, or “hot” Sites

• Alternate, or “hot” sites. Some organizations choose to have an

alternate site where an exact replica of their critical data is always

kept up to date. When the primary site goes down, the alternate site

is immediately brought online so that there is little or no downtime.

As information has become a strategic asset, a whole industry has sprung

up around the technologies necessary for implementing a proper backup

strategy. A company can contract with a service provider to back up all of

their data or they can purchase large amounts of online storage space and

do it themselves. Technologies such as storage area networks and archival

systems are now used by most large businesses.