Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

To achieve an RPO of less than 1 hour for VM replication to a remote site, what replication method should be enabled?

1. Enable Async Replication with an RPO of 60 minutes.

2. Enable Availability Zones and send the VM to multiple targets.

3. Enable Near-Sync Replication with an RPO of 15 minutes.

4. Enable Entity Sync on the designated VMs.

The correct answer is: Enable Async Replication with an RPO of 60 minutes.

Achieving an RPO (Recovery Point Objective) of less than 1 hour for VM replication to a remote site can be effectively done by enabling Near-Sync Replication with an RPO of 15 minutes. This method allows for more frequent data transfers between the source and the target, providing greater granularity in recovery points. With Near-Sync Replication, data is transferred closer to real-time compared to traditional asynchronous methods, thereby minimizing potential data loss to just a few minutes, far below the 1 hour threshold. This level of replication ensures that if a failure occurs, the amount of data that could be lost is significantly reduced, aligning well with the requirement for a less than 1 hour RPO. Other options may offer different levels of replication, but they do not meet the specified criteria as effectively. For instance, enabling Async Replication with an RPO of 60 minutes does not achieve the goal since it allows for up to one hour of potential data loss. Similarly, while enabling Availability Zones and sending the VM to multiple targets can bolster availability and redundancy, it may not address the specific RPO requirement in terms of data transfer frequency. Finally, Entity Sync is focused on synchronizing individual VM entities but does not inherently provide the