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| '''1.''' The Cold Site is a fully constructed data centre or business environment minus the computer hardware. It is an environment in which a new facility can be built from scratch.  
 
| '''1.''' The Cold Site is a fully constructed data centre or business environment minus the computer hardware. It is an environment in which a new facility can be built from scratch.  
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Similar Terms:  Cold backup Site, [[Commercial Cold Site]], Shell Site.  
 
Similar Terms:  Cold backup Site, [[Commercial Cold Site]], Shell Site.  
  
Related Terms: [[Alternate Site]], [[Hot Site]], [[Warm Site]], [[Mobile Site]].
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'''Related Terms''': [[Alternate Site]], [[Hot Site]], [[Warm Site]], [[Mobile Site]].
  
 
'''''Note:''' The Cold Site facility for data centre recovery has raised flooring, chilled water, telecommunications for voice and data, electrical power, air conditioning, and environmental [[System|systems]].  The cold site facilities for recovery of business environment have similar pre-arranged facilities such as facsimile machines and telecommunication lines.''
 
'''''Note:''' The Cold Site facility for data centre recovery has raised flooring, chilled water, telecommunications for voice and data, electrical power, air conditioning, and environmental [[System|systems]].  The cold site facilities for recovery of business environment have similar pre-arranged facilities such as facsimile machines and telecommunication lines.''
 
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'''2.''' A site (data centre/ work area) equipped with appropriate environmental conditioning, electrical connectivity, communications access, configurable space and access to accommodate the installation and operation of equipment by key employees required to [[resume]] business operations.
 
'''2.''' A site (data centre/ work area) equipped with appropriate environmental conditioning, electrical connectivity, communications access, configurable space and access to accommodate the installation and operation of equipment by key employees required to [[resume]] business operations.
 
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Latest revision as of 02:42, 27 October 2020

1. The Cold Site is a fully constructed data centre or business environment minus the computer hardware. It is an environment in which a new facility can be built from scratch.

Similar Terms: Cold backup Site, Commercial Cold Site, Shell Site.

Related Terms: Alternate Site, Hot Site, Warm Site, Mobile Site.

Note: The Cold Site facility for data centre recovery has raised flooring, chilled water, telecommunications for voice and data, electrical power, air conditioning, and environmental systems. The cold site facilities for recovery of business environment have similar pre-arranged facilities such as facsimile machines and telecommunication lines.

BCMBoK Competency Level
BCMBoK 4: Business Continuity Strategy CL 2B: Intermediate (BC)



BCMBoK Competency Level
BCMBoK 4: Business Continuity Strategy CL 2C: Intermediate (CM)



BCMBoK Competency Level
BCMBoK 4: Business Continuity Strategy CL 2CC: Intermediate (CC)



BCMBoK Competency Level
BCMBoK 4: Business Continuity Strategy CL 2D: Intermediate (DR)





(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)


2. A site (data centre/ work area) equipped with appropriate environmental conditioning, electrical connectivity, communications access, configurable space and access to accommodate the installation and operation of equipment by key employees required to resume business operations.

(Source: Business Continuity Institute - BCI)


3. An alternate facility that already has in place the environmental infrastructure required to recover critical business functions or information systems, but does not have any pre-installed computer hardware, telecommunications equipment, communication lines, etc. These must be provisioned at time of disaster. SIMILAR TERMS: Shell Site; Backup Site;Recovery Site; Alternate Site

(Source: Disaster Recovery Institute International / Disaster Recovery Journal - DRII/DRJ)

4. One or more data centres or office space facilities equipped with sufficient pre-qualified environmental conditioning, electrical connectivity, communications access, configurable space and access to accommodate the installation and operation of equipment by critical staff required to resume business operations.

(Source: Business Continuity Institute - BCI)

(Source: ENISA - the European Network and Information Security Agency. BCM & Resilience Glossary)