You administer all the deployments of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in your company.
You need to ensure that an OLTP database that includes up-to-the-minute reporting requirements
can be off-loaded from the primary database to another server. You also need to be able to add
indexes to the secondary database.
Which configuration should you use?
A.
• Two servers configured in different data centers
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
• One server configured as an Active Secondary
B.
• Two servers configured in the same data center
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode
• One server configured as an Active Secondary
C.
• Two servers configured in the same data center
• A primary server configured to perform log-shipping every 10 minutes
• A backup server configured as a warm standby
D.
• Two servers configured in different data centers
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode
E.
• Two servers configured on the same subnet
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
F.
• SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform transactional replication
G.
• SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform snapshot replication
H.
• Two servers configured in a Windows Failover Cluster in the same data center
• SQL Server configured as a clustered instance
Explanation:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj542414.aspx
(F) seems correct, the requirement for adding indexes on the secondary database precludes (E). All other answers have too much latency or introduce unnecessary geographical separation.
F
http://www.aiotestking.com/microsoft/which-configuration-should-you-use-6/
F
F is the best answer.