You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instancethat contains a financial database hosted on a storage
area network (SAN).
The financial database has the following characteristics:
A data file of 2 terabytes is located on a dedicated LUN (drive D).
A transaction log of 10 GB is located on a dedicated LUN (drive E).
Drive D has 1 terabyte of free disk space.
Drive E has 5 GB of free disk space.
The database is continually modified by users during business hours from Monday through Friday between
09:00 hours and 17:00 hours.
Five percent of the existing data is modified each day.
The Finance department loads large CSV files into anumber of tables each business day at 11:15 hours and
15:15 hours by using the BCP or BULK INSERT commands.
Each data load adds 3 GB of data to the database.
These data load operations must occur in the minimum amount of time.
A full database backup is performed every Sunday at10:00 hours.
Backup operations will be performed every two hours(11:00, 13:00, 15:00, and 17:00) during business hours.
You need to ensure that the minimum amount of data is lost.
Which recovery model should the database use?
A.
FULL
B.
DBO_ONLY
C.
CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR
D.
CHECKSUM
E.
NO_CHECKSUM
F.
SIMPLE
G.
Transaction log
H.
SKIP
I.
RESTART
J.
COPY_ONLY
K.
NORECOVERY
L.
BULK_LOGGED
M.
Differential
N.
STANDBY
Explanation:
I’d still prefer bulk logged
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189275.aspx
The possible Solutions are
a) FULL
f) SIMPLE and
l) BULK_LOGGED
The right solution is a) FULL
Yes, it is Full
Is it Full because of:’You need to ensure that the minimum amount of data is lost.’?
With bulk_logged there is no point-in-time recovery possible, so Full seems the most appropriate. Can someone confirm?
Yes…it’s full!
Its Bulk. Because the Finance Department need to run Bulk Insert and BCP statements
i think its full.
FULL Recovery mode in this case for sure because.
The Question clearly says:-
The database is continually modified by users during business hours from Monday through Friday between
09:00 hours and 17:00 hours.
If it is just about BCP’ing csv files then BULK_LOGGED could possibly be right.
It is FULL
This question makes no sense. It assumes that the database would be in the same recovery mode through the week. Best practice dictates before BCP, the database be switched to Bulk Logged and after BCP, it be switched back to full. So Do they want the recovery method during the bulk insert period or outside of the bulk insert period?
Look here
http://www.certshared.com/dumps/70-462-t-4.html
Also note, they thought the prior questions should have been answered J, Transaction log on the development server. That can make sense too. These questions are all vague