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Cold Site

A cold site is a type of disaster recovery service that provides office space, but the customer provides and installs all the equipment needed to continue operations. A hot site, on the other hand, 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 is less expensive, but it takes longer to get an enterprise in full operation after the disaster.

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