SK0-003 · Question #153
Which of the following offers the MOST redundancy for a system but is also very costly?
The correct answer is D. Hot site replication. Hot site replication offers the highest level of redundancy for a system because it involves a fully equipped, continuously updated alternate data center, making it the most expensive disaster recovery solution.
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Which of the following offers the MOST redundancy for a system but is also very costly?
Options
- ARAID implementation
- BDisk-to-disk replication
- CServer-to-server clustering
- DHot site replication
How the community answered
(61 responses)- A8% (5)
- B3% (2)
- C2% (1)
- D87% (53)
Why each option
Hot site replication offers the highest level of redundancy for a system because it involves a fully equipped, continuously updated alternate data center, making it the most expensive disaster recovery solution.
RAID implementations provide data redundancy and performance improvement for storage within a single system, not full system or site redundancy.
Disk-to-disk replication involves copying data between storage devices, often for backups or local redundancy, but it does not provide immediate failover for entire systems or sites like a hot site.
Server-to-server clustering provides high availability and redundancy for applications and services within a local data center by having multiple servers share resources and fail over to each other, but it does not protect against a site-wide disaster.
A hot site is a fully equipped, operational alternate data center that can take over operations almost immediately after a disaster. This offers maximum redundancy and minimal recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) because all hardware, software, and data are mirrored and ready to go, making it the most expensive option due to the duplicated infrastructure and ongoing maintenance.
Concept tested: Disaster recovery site types and cost
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/resiliency/recovery-modes
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