CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A cloud architect is designing a disaster recovery plan. The application requires a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 15 minutes and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 1 hour. Which strategy best meets these requirements?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Continuous replication to a warm standby site
Continuous replication to a standby environment (pilot light or warm standby) can achieve low RTO and RPO. Snapshot-based with daily backups has RPO of 1 day. Cross-region replication of snapshots can have RPO hours. Warm standby with continuous replication meets both RTO and RPO.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Daily snapshots replicated to another region
Why it's wrong here
RPO would be up to 24 hours, exceeding 1 hour.
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Scheduled cross-region snapshots every 6 hours
Why it's wrong here
RPO of 6 hours exceeds 1 hour.
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Backup to tape and store offsite
Why it's wrong here
Not feasible for cloud and would not meet RTO/RPO.
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Continuous replication to a warm standby site
Why this is correct
Continuous replication ensures RPO within minutes, and warm standby allows fast failover meeting RTO.
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