Local dotado,
únicamente, de instalaciones auxiliares (eléctricas, telefónicas, de
climatización, etc.) en el que albergar temporalmente equipos y sistemas
informáticos y de comunicación, caso de que un accidente inutilice los recursos
precisos para el tratamiento de la información. [Ribagorda:1997]
Backup site that can be up
and operational in a relatively short time span, such as a day or two.
Provision of services, such as telephone lines and power, is taken care of, and
the basic office furniture might be in place, but there is unlikely to be any
computer equipment, even though the building might well have a network
infrastructure and a room ready to act as a server room. In most cases, cold
sites provide the physical location and basic services. [CNSSI_4009:2010]
A backup facility that has
the necessary electrical and physical components of a computer facility, but
does not have the computer equipment in place. The site is ready to receive the
necessary replacement computer equipment in the event that the user has to move
from their main computing location to an alternate site. [NIST-SP800-34:2002]