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DP-300 Practice Question: Plan and configure a high availability and disaster recovery environment
You need to create a disaster recovery plan for an Azure SQL Database that has an RPO of 1 hour and an RTO of 12 hours. Which solution should you use?
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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Geo-restore of automated backups.
Geo-restore of automated backups can achieve an RPO of 1 hour (backups are taken every 5-10 minutes, allowing point-in-time restore within that window) and an RTO of up to 12 hours, meeting the stated requirements. Option A is incorrect because failover groups with automatic failover provide much lower RPO (seconds to minutes) and RTO (minutes), which exceeds the required thresholds and typically incurs higher cost. Option C is incorrect because active geo-replication also offers very low RPO (seconds) and RTO (minutes), exceeding requirements. Option D is incorrect because zone-redundant configuration only protects against an availability zone failure within a region, not against a regional disaster.
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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Failover group with automatic failover.
Why it's wrong here
Provides lower RTO than needed, but higher cost.
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Geo-restore of automated backups.
Why this is correct
Meets the RPO and RTO requirements at lower cost.
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Active geo-replication.
Why it's wrong here
Provides RPO of 5 seconds and RTO of 30 seconds, which is overkill and more expensive.
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Zone-redundant configuration.
Why it's wrong here
Does not protect against a regional outage.
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