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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)AWS SAA-C03 Practice Exam 4Question 28
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 2.2: Highly Available ArchitecturesResilienceDisaster RecoveryAWS DRS

    AWS SAA-C03 · Question 28 · Domain 2.2: Highly Available Architectures

    A company has a critical database running on Amazon EC2 instances with Amazon EBS volumes. The company needs to implement a disaster recovery strategy that ensures a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 5 minutes and a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of less than 1 hour in a different AWS Region. <br/><br/>Which solution meets these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Write a custom script to take EBS snapshots every 5 minutes and copy them to the DR region.

    B.

    Use AWS Backup to create a backup plan that takes cross-region snapshots every 5 minutes.

    C.

    Use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) to schedule cross-region EBS snapshots every 5 minutes.

    D.

    Use AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) to continuously replicate the EC2 instances to the DR region.

    How to approach this question

    Recognize that sub-hour RPOs for EC2/EBS require continuous replication, not snapshot-based backups.

    Full Answer

    D.Use AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) to continuously replicate the EC2 instances to the DR region.✓ Correct
    AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) minimizes downtime and data loss with fast, reliable recovery of on-premises and cloud-based applications using affordable storage, minimal compute, and point-in-time recovery. It provides continuous replication, allowing for RPOs in seconds.

    Common mistakes

    Thinking AWS Backup or DLM can take snapshots every 5 minutes (minimum is 1 hour).
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