XSOAR-Engineer Planning Installation And Maintenance Practice Question
An administrator is deploying Cortex XSOAR in an enterprise environment requiring high availability and disaster recovery. Which THREE architecture and maintenance best practices should be implemented? (Choose three)
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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Schedule automated regular backups of both configuration and database files to secondary storage.
High availability and disaster recovery best practices include deploying an external replicated PostgreSQL database, utilizing active-active server clusters with a load balancer, and scheduling automated offsite backups.
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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Run all integration Docker containers in privileged root mode across all nodes.
Why it's wrong here
Running containers in privileged root mode introduces severe security vulnerabilities and is not a best practice.
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Schedule automated regular backups of both configuration and database files to secondary storage.
Why this is correct
Automated backups ensure rapid recovery in the event of a disaster.
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Deploy an external, highly available PostgreSQL database cluster rather than relying on embedded instances.
Why this is correct
External replicated databases provide robust state management for HA clusters.
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Disable database persistence to maximize disk I/O performance.
Why it's wrong here
Disabling persistence would cause all incident data and configurations to be lost upon server restart.
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Place a load balancer in front of multiple Cortex XSOAR application server nodes.
Why this is correct
A load balancer distributes incoming traffic and web UI requests across server nodes.
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