CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A company is designing a disaster recovery plan for a critical database that requires a recovery point objective (RPO) of 1 minute and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 15 minutes. The database runs on a cloud virtual machine. Which backup strategy should the administrator implement to meet 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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Implement continuous replication to a standby instance in a different region.
Continuous replication to a standby instance in a different region can achieve RPO of 1 minute (near-zero data loss) and RTO of 15 minutes by failing over quickly, whereas snapshot-based replication would have higher 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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Take daily snapshots and store them in the same region.
Why it's wrong here
RPO would be 24 hours, which exceeds 1 minute.
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Perform weekly backups to tape and store offsite.
Why it's wrong here
RPO would be weeks, and RTO would be very high, not meeting requirements.
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Use cross-region snapshot replication with hourly snapshots.
Why it's wrong here
Hourly snapshots give RPO of 1 hour, not 1 minute.
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Implement continuous replication to a standby instance in a different region.
Why this is correct
Continuous replication provides near-zero RPO and fast failover for low RTO.
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