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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 1Question 49
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Subtask 4.1: Analyze and define technical processesDisaster RecoveryCloud SQLRead Replicas

    GCP PCA · Question 49 · Analyze and define technical processes

    Your organization wants to implement a robust disaster recovery strategy for a critical Cloud SQL database. The database is currently in us-central1. The RPO is 10 minutes, and the RTO is 1 hour. Which THREE configurations are required to achieve this? (Select THREE)

    Answer options:

    A.

    Enable automated backups on the primary instance.

    B.

    Create a Cross-Region Read Replica in us-east1.

    C.

    In a disaster, promote the Cross-Region Read Replica to a standalone primary instance.

    D.

    Enable High Availability (HA) on the primary instance.

    E.

    Configure synchronous replication to the cross-region replica.

    F.

    Export the database to Cloud Storage every 10 minutes.

    How to approach this question

    Identify the steps to set up and execute a cross-region failover in Cloud SQL.

    Full Answer

    For cross-region disaster recovery in Cloud SQL: 1) Automated backups must be enabled on the primary. 2) You create a Cross-Region Read Replica (e.g., in us-east1). Data replicates asynchronously, keeping the RPO very low. 3) If us-central1 goes down, you manually 'promote' the replica. Promotion stops replication and turns the replica into a standalone, writable primary instance, satisfying the RTO.

    Common mistakes

    Assuming High Availability (HA) provides cross-region DR. HA is only cross-zone within the same region.
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