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environment. As with hot sites and cold sites, warm sites may also be
obtained on a shared facility basis. If you choose this option, be sure

that you have a “no lockout” policy written into your contract
guaranteeing you the use of an appropriate facility even during a
period of high demand. It’s a good idea to take this concept one step
further and physically inspect the facilities and the contractor’s
operational plan to reassure yourself that the facility will indeed be
able to back up the “no lockout” guarantee should push ever come to
shove.

Mobile Sites

Mobile sites are nonmainstream alternatives to traditional recovery
sites. They typically consist of self-contained trailers or other easily
relocated units. These sites include all the environmental control
systems necessary to maintain a safe computing environment. Larger
corporations sometimes maintain these sites on a “fly-away” basis,
ready to deploy them to any operating location around the world via

air, rail, sea, or surface transportation. Smaller firms might contract
with a mobile site vendor in their local area to provide these services
on an as-needed basis.

If your disaster recovery plan depends on a workgroup

recovery strategy, mobile sites are an excellent way to implement
that approach. They are often large enough to accommodate entire
(small!) workgroups.

Mobile sites are usually configured as cold sites or warm sites,
depending on the disaster recovery plan they are designed to support.
It is also possible to configure a mobile site as a hot site, but this is

unusual because you seldom know in advance where a mobile site will
need to be deployed.

Hardware Replacement Options

One thing to consider when determining mobile sites and recovery