Part VII — Protecting Data

Chapter 18

Backup Strategies and Disaster Recovery

Domain 7

📖 Key Topics Covered

  • ▸ Backup Strategies and
  • ▸ Disaster Recovery
  • ▸ Define and apply RTO and RPO metrics
  • ▸ Why Backups Are Critical
  • ▸ The 3-2-1 Backup Rule
  • ▸ Backup Types
  • ▸ WHAT IT BACKS UP
  • ▸ RESTORE SPEED
  • ▸ All selected data
  • ▸ Fastest (single restore)
  • ▸ Backup Security
  • ▸ Key DR Metrics
  • ▸ RTO (Recovery Time
  • ▸ RPO (Recovery Point
  • ▸ MTTR (Mean Time to

🔑 Key Terms

Backups Are Critical Backups

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Assessment Tips

💡 Assessment Tip

Know the difference between RTO and RPO: RTO is about time to recover (how long you can be down), RPO is about data loss (how much data you can afford to lose). A shorter RPO requires more frequent backups. Know the three DR site types and their trad

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