PCDE Practice Question: Deploy scalable and highly available databases in Google Cloud
A company uses Cloud Spanner and needs to retain backups for 365 days for compliance. What is the maximum backup expiration period that can be set for a Spanner backup?
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365 days
Spanner backups can have an expiration time set to a maximum of 365 days from the creation time. After that, the backup is automatically deleted.
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30 days
Why it's wrong here
30 days is not the maximum; it's much lower.
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365 days
Why this is correct
The max backup expiration for Spanner is 365 days.
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Unlimited
Why it's wrong here
Backups have a maximum expiration of 365 days; they cannot be kept indefinitely.
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90 days
Why it's wrong here
90 days is not the maximum.
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