An organization suffered numerous multiday power outages at its current location. The Chief Executive Officer wants to create a disaster recovery strategy to resolve this issue. Which of the following options offer low-cost solutions? (Choose two.)
An organization suffered numerous multiday power outages at its current location. The Chief Executive Officer wants to create a disaster recovery strategy to resolve this issue. Which of the following options offer low-cost solutions? (Choose two.)
To address multiday power outages and provide a low-cost disaster recovery strategy, a generator and a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) are the best options. A generator can supply electricity for an extended period during outages, ensuring that essential systems remain operational. A UPS provides immediate, short-term power during interruptions, allowing systems to shut down gracefully and preventing data loss until the generator takes over. These solutions directly address the power outage issue without the high costs associated with setting up cold or hot sites.
First lets discuss what a disaster is: Natural disasters (tsunamis/tornados) Man-made disasters (riots/bombs) Health emergencies (pandemics lol) Environmental disasters (oil spills/deforestation) Social/Political disasters (government shutting down certain grids) Now lets talk about low cost disaster recovery solutions that address these issues: Generator? Yes, however if you need to flee the building, that will not address the issue. This can be reused to almost every single option. The only options that address A DISASTER will be a low cost duplicate site (cold site) and low cost backups (cloud backups). Multiday power outages signal that there may be a natural disaster.
You are reading toooooooo deep into it. The question is clearly implying an electricity problem. And a multiday outage falls under the category of Disaster recovery without needing to be a full blown catastrophe like a tsunami or earthquake!!! not to mention that
that....the Q reads: "The Chief Executive Officer wants to create a disaster recovery strategy to resolve THIS issue" meaning the outage issue.
I don't know how you went from multiday power outages to disasters.
The Chief Executive Officer wants to create a disaster recovery strategy. Think CEO is asking for more than power outage coverage. Cheapest options are Cold site and cloud backups.
Should it be BE instead, because it is just a multiday outage? There was rent in advance for a cold site, and we had to move the machines and personnel to the new site.
I like BF here more than DE. A cold site is not operational like a hot site, so the cloud storages will need to be leveraged in the event of a power failure. The problem I foresee, however, is that the outages cannot be predicted, so without a UPS, the systems will not be allowed to gracefully shut down, hence a loss of data up to the last cloud backup will occur. The UPS can provide temporary power for up to several hours in an enterprise environment and allow files to be saved and systems shut down safely. The question inquires about a "disaster recovery strategy to resolve THIS issue," implying the disaster is related to the numerous outages. Cold sites and cloud backups may certainly be applicable for natural disasters, however the consideration of natural disasters seems to be too strong of an inference based on the question's verbiage.
The question reads: "The Chief Executive Officer wants to create a disaster recovery strategy to resolve THIS issue" The Q is clearly asking about "THIS" issue in reference to the multiday outage issue. Take at at face value and pay attention. DO NOT ASSUME on behalf of this fictitious CEO lol
agreed, the UPS allows time to turn the generator on. cloud back ups are low cost but do nothing to power issues. cold/hot sites are both more expensive than ups/generators.
The issue here is electricity and the question says "The Chief Executive Officer wants to create a disaster recovery strategy to resolve this issue". The low cost solution is Generator and UPS.
Guys, it's for power outages Generator and UPS are the way to go
I get that cloud backups and cold sites are low cost options, but that does not resolve the issue of keeping systems online when you are suffering from multi-day outages.
EF. would be the most cost effective option. You have the graceful shut down with the UPS and the cloud back up for data protection. BF. Would be your next lowest cost option. UPS for the shutdown. Generator to keep things going which then you don't need back up as everything is running from generator. .
but cloud backups do no good when you are out of power for 2 days. its BF
to resolve THIS ISSUE, which is the Numerous Multiday Power Outages. So, the issue is power interuptions not data issues. Tricky question.
disaster recovery strategy = Cold site and UPS
Well, if the issue is dealing with the power outages, you have to go with B and F. None of the others will help if you have no electricity. Even for CompTIA this is a weird question.
A UPS (uninterruptible power supply) is a low-cost solution that can provide backup power to an organization in case of a power outage. It is a device that provides battery power to a system when the main power source fails. UPS is cheaper compared to generators. Cold site provides power, cooling, and/or office space which waits in the event of a significant outage to the main work site or datacenter. The cold site will require extensive support from engineering and IT personnel to get all necessary servers and equipment migrated and functional. Cold sites are the cheapest cost-recovery option for businesses to utilize.
UPS acts as the medium in scenarios where power shuts offs and the generators take too long to start. It allows for systems to shut down gracefully. It's not a long term power supply at all.
D and F
B should be obvious - a generator, even a fairly large one is MUCH cheaper than a cold site. A generator, so long as you keep the fuel filled, can stay running as long as you need (the ones on NG, which are very common, can certainly run for a couple of weeks without service). F, a UPS, won't do much good for a multi-day outage. A,C - very expensive as well as Cold Site (you still have to lease the space) E Cloud backups - also cheap and off-site storage, always a good practice.
Cold site reduce cost of electricity and cloud backup is cheap to purchase as a company wis.
B provides power for a multiday and resolves the issue of a power outage. D provides a cold site which is cost effective.
Sounds like the power outages is such an ideal place to keep business running. NOT! Business interruptions is costly. If outages persists, the most logical thing is to pack up and make camp elsewhere. Hence, have a cold site on standby for activation and move all data to the cloud for migration.