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SAP-C02 · Question #129

A company is finalizing the architecture for its backup solution for applications running on AWS. All of the applications run on AWS and use at least two Availability Zones in each tier. Company polic

The correct answer is D. Back up all the data to Amazon S3 in the production region. Set up cross-region replication of this. A: Not sustainable. EBS has a 16TiB limit. B: No backup at the production region. C: Glacier does not allow restore immediately.

Submitted by ricky.ec· Mar 6, 2026Design for New Solutions

Question

A company is finalizing the architecture for its backup solution for applications running on AWS. All of the applications run on AWS and use at least two Availability Zones in each tier. Company policy requires IT to durably store nightly backups f all its data in at least two locations:

production and disaster recovery. The locations must be in different geographic regions. The company also needs the backup to be available to restore immediately at the production data center, and within 24 hours at the disaster recovery location. All backup processes must be fully automated. What is the MOST cost-effective backup solution that will meet all requirements?

Options

  • ABack up all the data to a large Amazon EBS volume attached to the backup media server in the
  • BBack up all the data to Amazon S3 in the disaster recovery region. Use a lifecycle policy to move
  • CBack up all the data to Amazon Glacier in the production region. Set up cross-region replication of
  • DBack up all the data to Amazon S3 in the production region. Set up cross-region replication of this

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    23% (6)
  • B
    12% (3)
  • C
    8% (2)
  • D
    58% (15)

Explanation

A: Not sustainable. EBS has a 16TiB limit. B: No backup at the production region. C: Glacier does not allow restore immediately.

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