CV0-004 Cloud Architecture and Design Practice Question
A cloud engineer is designing a disaster recovery plan with an RTO of 2 hours and RPO of 15 minutes. Which strategy best meets these requirements?
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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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Warm standby with continuous replication
A warm standby with replication keeps a scaled-down copy running, allowing recovery within hours and data loss limited to minutes.
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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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Pilot light with hourly snapshots
Why it's wrong here
RPO of 1 hour may not meet 15 minutes.
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Warm standby with continuous replication
Why this is correct
Provides near-real-time RPO and quick recovery meeting the requirements.
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Cold standby with daily backups
Why it's wrong here
RTO and RPO would be too high.
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Active-active across regions
Why it's wrong here
This is overkill and costly for the given RTO/RPO.
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