Interview Questions/Technical Deep Dive/Cloud Disaster Recovery Planning
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5 min

Cloud Disaster Recovery Planning

CloudDisaster RecoveryResilience
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Interview Question

How would you design a disaster recovery (DR) strategy for a critical cloud-hosted application?

Key Points to Cover
  • Define RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
  • Choose active-active, active-passive, or backup-restore strategies
  • Automate failover using DNS, traffic managers, or orchestration
  • Test DR plan regularly with game days
Evaluation Rubric
Defines RTO/RPO clearly30% weight
Chooses appropriate DR strategy30% weight
Automates failover effectively20% weight
Emphasizes testing and drills20% weight
Hints
  • 💡Think chaos engineering and backup frequency.
Potential Follow-up Questions
  • What are common pitfalls in DR testing?
  • How to manage DR costs?
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