Which practice supports continuous data protection in NetApp across sites?

• A. Cross-site replication with periodic verification restores
• B. Local backups only
• C. Do not verify replication
• D. Rely on snapshots without replication

Answer: (A)

Continuous data protection across sites relies on keeping an up-to-date copy of data at a remote location and regularly confirming you can recover from it. Cross-site replication delivers frequent copies of updates to a distant site, which minimizes data loss in a disaster. Pairing that with periodic verification restores means you routinely test the recovery process, ensuring the replicated data is intact and that you can actually restore to a point-in-time when needed. This combination provides confidence that data can be recovered quickly and reliably after a site failure, which is the essence of continuous data protection.

Local backups alone don’t protect across sites, lack of replication verification leaves you unsure about recoverability, and relying on snapshots without replication offers only local copies without ensuring cross-site recovery capability.