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PCDE Practice Question: Manage a solution that can span multiple database technologies
A team is designing a disaster recovery strategy for Cloud SQL. They need to be able to recover the database in a different region with a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of less than 30 minutes. What should they configure?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Create a cross-region read replica and promote it to standalone during a disaster.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Use on-demand backups every 30 minutes and store them in a multi-regional bucket.
Why it's wrong here
On-demand backups are not automated for RPO and can be cumbersome.
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Enable binary logging and configure a cross-region replica for PITR.
Why it's wrong here
Binary logging is for PITR, not regional failover.
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Create a cross-region read replica and promote it to standalone during a disaster.
Why this is correct
Cross-region read replicas provide asynchronous replication with RPO typically in seconds to minutes. Promoting gives a new primary in the other region.
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Create automated backups with a retention of 7 days and restore to a new instance in the desired region.
Why it's wrong here
Backups are taken daily, so RPO could be up to 24 hours.
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