Question

The accounting depmiment at Aglaya Telecom records an average of 5,000 transactions per hour. By cost-benefit analysis, managers have concluded that the maximum acceptable loss of data in the event of a system failure is 50,000 transactions. The firm's recovery point objective is therefore (by relying on redundant systems) ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

10 hours

Explanation:

A recovery point objective (RPO) is the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. It is the age of the files or data in backup storage required to resume normal operations if a computer system or network failure occurs. It helps system administrators to determine appropriate disaster recovery policies and procedures and decide which backup and recovery technologies to employ.

Worst case RPO =  Maximum Acceptable Loss/Average Transactions per hour

Worst case RPO = 50,000 / 5000 = 10

The firm's recovery point objective is therefore 10 hours.