az-104 Practice Question 1712
Exam: az-104
Domain: Implement and manage storage
Topic: Manage data in Azure storage accounts
Difficulty: medium
A customer wants to replicate their Azure Blob Storage data to another region for disaster recovery purposes. They also want to ensure that the replicated data is stored in the most cost-effective tier. What should they do to achieve this, and why?
Answer Options
A
Use object replication to copy the blobs to another region and set the access tier to Hot.
B
Use object replication to copy the blobs to another region and set the access tier to Cool.
C
Do not use object replication and set the access tier to Archive.
D
Use object replication but do not change the access tier settings.
Correct Answer
B: Use object replication to copy the blobs to another region and set the access tier to Cool.
Explanation
The correct answer is to use object replication to replicate the blob data to another region and then set the access tier of the replicated data to the Cool Access Tier. Object replication ensures data is copied to the secondary region, and setting the tier to Cool helps in cost optimization. Setting the tier to Hot or Archive would not align with the goal of cost optimization, and not using object replication would leave the data unprotected in case of a disaster.