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A customer has requirements for its application data to be copied into a second location for failover possibilities. Latency should be minimized, while RPO and RTO are over 15 minutes. Which of the fo
The correct answer is B. Snapshot copies. For an application requiring data copied to a second location for failover, with minimized latency and an acceptable RPO and RTO of over 15 minutes, snapshot copies are the most suitable technology.
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A customer has requirements for its application data to be copied into a second location for failover possibilities. Latency should be minimized, while RPO and RTO are over 15 minutes. Which of the following technologies BEST fits the customer's needs?
Options
- AData mirroring
- BSnapshot copies
- CStorage cloning
- DAsynchronous replication
How the community answered
(52 responses)- A27% (14)
- B56% (29)
- C6% (3)
- D12% (6)
Why each option
For an application requiring data copied to a second location for failover, with minimized latency and an acceptable RPO and RTO of over 15 minutes, snapshot copies are the most suitable technology.
Data mirroring, typically synchronous, offers very low RPO (near zero) but introduces significant latency to primary writes, contradicting the requirement for minimized latency.
Snapshot copies capture the state of data at a specific point in time with minimal impact on primary application latency, and they can be taken periodically (e.g., every 15 minutes or more) to achieve an RPO of over 15 minutes. Restoring from a snapshot also fits an RTO of over 15 minutes, making it an efficient solution that aligns with the given requirements.
Storage cloning creates full independent copies, which is less efficient and typically not used for continuous or near-continuous data protection for failover compared to snapshots or replication.
Asynchronous replication offers low latency and typically an RPO of seconds to minutes, which is much lower than the 'over 15 minutes' requirement, potentially being an over-engineered or more costly solution than necessary given the acceptable RPO.
Concept tested: Data backup and disaster recovery strategies
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-incremental-snapshots?tabs=cli1
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