CV0-002 · Question #64
Which of the following should be implemented to ensure email continuity is not disrupted if one of multiple datacenters experiences an outage?
The correct answer is A. Geo-clustering. To ensure email continuity across multiple datacenters during an outage, a solution that provides disaster recovery and high availability across geographically dispersed sites is required. Geo-clustering is designed for this purpose, replicating services and data between…
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Which of the following should be implemented to ensure email continuity is not disrupted if one of multiple datacenters experiences an outage?
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- AGeo-clustering
- BOffsite backup
- CLocal load balancing
- DMultipathing
How the community answered
(39 responses)- A92% (36)
- B5% (2)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
To ensure email continuity across multiple datacenters during an outage, a solution that provides disaster recovery and high availability across geographically dispersed sites is required. Geo-clustering is designed for this purpose, replicating services and data between distant locations.
Geo-clustering, also known as geographic clustering or multi-site clustering, involves configuring servers in different datacenters to work together as a single cluster. This setup allows services like email to failover to a healthy datacenter if another experiences a complete outage, ensuring business continuity.
Offsite backup provides data recovery from a disaster but does not ensure immediate continuity of services like email during an outage; it requires restoration, which causes downtime.
Local load balancing distributes traffic among servers within a single datacenter, improving performance and availability within that specific location, but it does not provide continuity across multiple geographically separate datacenters if one fails entirely.
Multipathing is a technique used to create multiple paths for data transfer between a server and its storage devices, enhancing I/O performance and resilience, but it is not directly related to maintaining email service continuity across different datacenters.
Concept tested: Geo-clustering for disaster recovery and business continuity
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/whats-new-in-failover-clustering
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