Select the most appropriate description a–c for types of standby centres.

The organization should ensure that it has a contract for standby facilities to take over processing in the event of the computer centre becoming unusable. There may be three main types of contracts:

Type: Description

a, b or c 1. Cold standby centres 2. Warm standby centres 3. Hot standby centres Descriptions:

a. Here the facility would be readily available and be functional within a fairly short time.

b. One might either maintain an in-house facility into which servers might be moved or subscribe to an existing facility.

c. This facility, being the most expensive method, is set up with copies of the files dedicated to the system in question and may be operational at a moment’s notice.