During drills, the team treats a warm site that has only partial equipment and staged data as if it were a hot site. What readiness distinction should be enforced?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
A warm site is half-packed luggage—you are closer than cold, but you are not wheels-up. Do not run the stopwatch like a hot site if gear and data still need finishing. Match the drill RTO to intermediate readiness.
Full Explanation
Warm sites sit between cold and hot readiness: some equipment and data staging exist, but additional work is usually required before full operations. Assuming hot-site recovery times during warm-site drills produces unrealistic performance claims. Distinguishing tiers keeps RTOs and exercises honest.