FC0-U61 · Question #611
Which of the following would provide the BEST means of preventing data loss in the event of a disaster?
The correct answer is B. Off-site storage. To effectively prevent data loss during a disaster, the most robust solution involves storing data at a geographically separate location.
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Which of the following would provide the BEST means of preventing data loss in the event of a disaster?
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- ADrive redundancy
- BOff-site storage
- CBackup generator
- DFile history
How the community answered
(16 responses)- B94% (15)
- D6% (1)
Why each option
To effectively prevent data loss during a disaster, the most robust solution involves storing data at a geographically separate location.
Drive redundancy (e.g., RAID) protects against individual drive failures but does not protect against a site-wide disaster like fire, flood, or earthquake.
Off-site storage involves moving data to a different physical location, ensuring that if a disaster destroys the primary site, a copy of the data remains safe and accessible elsewhere. This strategy is critical for disaster recovery and business continuity plans, as it protects against regional outages or catastrophic events.
A backup generator provides power continuity but does not prevent data loss if the data storage itself is destroyed by a disaster.
File history provides local versioning of files, protecting against accidental deletion or modification, but not against the destruction of the entire storage device or site.
Concept tested: Disaster recovery - data loss prevention
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/resiliency/backup-and-recovery
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