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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C02)AWS Solutions Architect Professional SAP-C02 Practice Exam 3Question 52
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 1.3: Reliable ArchitecturesReliabilityDisaster RecoveryWarm Standby

    AWS SAP-C02 · Question 52 · Domain 1.3: Reliable Architectures

    A company is designing a disaster recovery strategy for a critical application. The RTO is 4 hours and the RPO is 1 hour. They want to minimize costs while meeting these requirements. Which TWO actions represent a 'Warm Standby' architecture? (Select TWO)

    Answer options:

    A.

    Deploy a scaled-down version of the application tier in the DR region.

    B.

    Keep the application tier completely shut down in the DR region.

    C.

    Continuously replicate the database to the DR region.

    D.

    Deploy a full-scale replica of the production environment.

    E.

    Take daily snapshots and copy them to the DR region.

    F.

    Use AWS CloudFormation to deploy the infrastructure only when a disaster occurs.

    How to approach this question

    Identify the characteristics of a Warm Standby DR pattern.

    Full Answer

    Deploy a scaled-down version of the application tier in the DR region., Continuously replicate the database to the DR region.
    Warm Standby involves running a scaled-down version of a fully functional environment in the DR region, with continuous data replication to meet tight RPOs.

    Common mistakes

    Confusing Pilot Light (compute off) with Warm Standby (compute scaled down).
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