CV0-002 · Question #339
Which of the following objectives defines a maximum period in which data might be lost due to a major outage or failure in a cloud environment?
The correct answer is B. RPO. The Recovery Point Objective (RPO) defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss an organization can tolerate following a major outage or failure. It measures how far back in time data might be lost.
Question
Which of the following objectives defines a maximum period in which data might be lost due to a major outage or failure in a cloud environment?
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- ARTO
- BRPO
- CMTBF
- DMTTR
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Why each option
The Recovery Point Objective (RPO) defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss an organization can tolerate following a major outage or failure. It measures how far back in time data might be lost.
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) defines the maximum acceptable downtime after a disaster, not the amount of data lost.
RPO (Recovery Point Objective) quantifies the maximum acceptable age of data that can be lost from an IT service due to a major incident. It measures the time between the last good data backup or replication and the moment of failure, thereby defining the specific 'point' in time to which data must be recoverable.
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) is a measure of system reliability and the expected time between failures, not directly related to data loss.
MTTR (Mean Time To Recover) measures the average time it takes to repair a failed system, not the amount of data lost.
Concept tested: Disaster recovery metrics - RPO
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/resilience/business-resilience-objectives#recovery-point-objective-rpo
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