CV0-004 Cloud Architecture and Design Practice Question
A cloud architect is designing a disaster recovery plan for a critical application. Which TWO metrics should be defined to establish recovery objectives?
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RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
RTO and RPO are the key metrics for disaster recovery: time to recover and acceptable data loss.
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RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
Why this is correct
RPO defines the maximum acceptable data loss.
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MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
Why it's wrong here
MTBF measures reliability, not recovery objectives.
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RTO (Recovery Time Objective)
Why this is correct
RTO defines the maximum acceptable downtime.
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SLA (Service Level Agreement)
Why it's wrong here
SLA is a contract, not a recovery metric.
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MTTR (Mean Time to Repair)
Why it's wrong here
MTTR is a maintenance metric, not a planning objective.
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