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IT continuity
Alternate site
In French : Site de secours
A site intended to host operations when the primary site is unavailable. Classified as cold, warm, hot or mirrored according to its readiness.
Source : NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1
Related terms
IT disaster recovery plan
A plan describing the restoration of information systems at a recovery site or infrastructure. It is a component of the continuity arrangements, not their equivalent.
Failover
Transfer of operations to the recovery infrastructure. The return to the nominal infrastructure, often trickier, is called failback.