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title: "What is the standby server?"  
description: "What is the standby server?"  
author: "Shikhar Arora"  
published: 2019-12-06  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92519/what-is-the-standby-server  
category: "database"  
tags: ["database programming", "database"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the standby server? 

What is the [standby](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159809/what-is-the-importance-of-the-norecovery-and-standby-options) [server](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/710/apache-server-installation-on-windows)

## Answers

### Answer by Rahul Roi

The Standby Server is a server where the data from the primary databases is restored periodically using scripts, Microsoft Log Shipping or through a third party software. This acts as a hot standby which can be promoted to a primary role if the primary server goes down so that business operations continue to function.

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