Question

Difficulty: EasyAzure Regions, Availability Zones, and Region Pairs

An IT administrator is configuring a backup and disaster recovery strategy for an application hosted in Azure. The administrator is reviewing how Azure region pairs function to ensure data residency and service continuity during an outage. Which two statements are true regarding Azure region pairs? (Select TWO.)

  1. They are separated by a physical distance of at least 300 miles (480 km) when possible to protect against regional disasters.Answer
  2. Azure performs planned system updates to paired regions sequentially to minimize the risk of simultaneous application downtime.Answer
  3. C
    Availability Zones within a region pair span across both regions to provide cross-region physical isolation.
  4. D
    Paired regions automatically provide high availability within the primary datacenter to prevent local hardware failures.

Answer

Azure region pairs are separated by a physical distance of at least 300 miles (480 km) when possible to protect against regional disasters, and Azure performs planned system updates to paired regions sequentially to minimize the risk of simultaneous application downtime.
The correct statements describe the key features of Azure region pairs: they are physically separated by a distance of at least 300 miles (480 km) to safeguard against broad regional disasters, and Azure manages updates sequentially to avoid simultaneous downtime in both paired regions.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the requirements for data residency and disaster recovery in the scenario.
Identify that Azure region pairs are designed to provide physical isolation (at least 300 miles apart) and follow specific update rules to ensure continuity.
To determine which features of region pairs align with disaster recovery and service continuity.
2
Evaluate the given statements about Azure region pairs.
Identify that region pairs are physically separated by 300 miles and receive updates sequentially, while Availability Zones do not span across regions, and region pairs do not replace local high availability configuration.
To select the two correct features that accurately describe region pairs.

Key Concept

Azure Region Pairs
Estimated Time:1m 0s
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