CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A company is planning its disaster recovery strategy for a critical application. The application runs on EC2 with data in EBS volumes. The RTO is 2 hours and RPO is 15 minutes. Which approach meets these requirements most cost-effectively?
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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Cross-region continuous replication of EBS volumes
Continuous replication to another region achieves a low RPO (minutes) and can be failed over quickly to meet RTO.
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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Hourly AMI backups to the same region
Why it's wrong here
Hourly backups cannot meet 15-minute RPO.
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Pilot light with replication every 30 minutes
Why it's wrong here
30-minute replication exceeds the 15-minute RPO.
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Cross-region continuous replication of EBS volumes
Why this is correct
Continuous replication provides low RPO and cross-region failover meets RTO.
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Daily snapshots to the same region
Why it's wrong here
Daily snapshots cannot meet 15-minute RPO.
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