6.1. Explain redundancy planning and its components.

Disaster recovery plans (DRPs) should encompass every aspect of an organization. A DRP focuses on restoration of business processes. Additionally, DRP planning encourages the deployment of redundancy in order to prevent downtime. The following sections discuss several redundancy planning options.

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For more information on this topic, see Chapter 6 of the CompTIA Security+ Study Guide, 4th Edition (Sybex, November 2008).

6.1.1. Hot site

An organization-wide secure recovery procedure involves the use of an alternate site: a secondary location where the business can move to and continue performing mission-critical business operations. There are three levels of alternate sites: hot, warm, ...

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