You are a virtualization consultant working on a DR project. You have proposed a solution that
uses SAN replication technology to replicate production virtual machine files. This meets the cold
standby requirement.
Which of the following could be a design constraint?
A.
The hardware currently being used in the datacenter is out of support.
B.
The company is undecided about the choice of centralized storage to be used in the enterprise.
C.
The company is at the end of year 1 of a 3-year contract for the point-to-point link between Site
A and Site
D.
This link is currently 10 MB.
Explanation:
An item from the current state analysis that would restrict or change a design choice is potentiallya
constraint. Such factors can limit a design and in some cases prevent the realization of a project
vision.
Chapter 2, Gathering Information and Spotting the Gaps
Can’t really make design decisions based on how a business may or may not handle a contract for a link between sites. I think D is a better answer as it is something you can use to define the constraints of the design such as what RPO and/or RTO can be supported based on the speed of the link.