Describe Data Archiving Benefits and Architecture DATA-PROTECTION-MANAGEMENT-FOUNDATIONS Practice Questions (Page 1)

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1. 1application · medium

   A retail company's transactional database is growing rapidly, and the IT team notices that backup times are increasing, causing the backup window to be missed. The company needs to reduce the backup window and lower storage costs while retaining historical transaction data for reporting. Which strategy should the company adopt?

   • AArchive older transactions to a separate archive repository and back up only the active database.
   • BIncrease the backup window and continue backing up the entire database.
   • CDelete transactions older than 3 years from the database.
   • DUse a faster backup device to back up the entire database within the window.
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2. 2expert · hard

   A financial institution must retain trade records for 7 years and is subject to an audit that requires producing records within 72 hours. The institution's trading application is slow because it holds 12 years of data. The IT team is considering two options: archiving to a lower-cost object storage tier with a 24-hour retrieval time, or archiving to a tape library with a 3-day retrieval time. The institution also wants to minimize storage cost. Which option should the institution choose?

   • AKeep all data on the primary trading application storage to ensure fastest retrieval.
   • BArchive to the object storage tier, which meets the 72-hour retrieval requirement and reduces cost.
   • CArchive to the tape library, which has the lowest storage cost.
   • DArchive to a second high-performance storage array to ensure retrieval within 24 hours.
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4. 3expert · hard

   A company is designing an archiving architecture for its email system. The compliance team requires that emails be retained for 5 years and that archived emails be searchable by content. The IT team wants to minimize the impact on the email server's performance. Which architecture should the company implement?

   • AReplicate the email database to a second server and use that server for searches.
   • BStore archived emails on the email server's local disk and use the email client's search function.
   • CUse a backup application to copy emails to a tape library and search the tape when needed.
   • DUse archiving software that journals emails to an archive target and provides a content-searchable index.
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5. 4expert · hard

   A company's file server is nearing capacity, and the IT team is evaluating whether to archive or compress older files. The company must retain all files for 6 years for regulatory reasons and users occasionally need to access older files. The IT team wants to minimize the effort required to retrieve files. Which approach should the company take?

   • ACompress older files in place on the file server.
   • BDelete files older than 6 years to free up space.
   • CMove older files to a second file server and require users to know the file path to access them.
   • DArchive older files to a separate archive target with a searchable index.
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6. 5foundation · easy

   In a typical data archiving architecture, which component is responsible for storing the archived data?

   • ASource system
   • BManagement layer
   • CReplication engine
   • DArchive target
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