Salesforce Certified Data Architect — Question 80

United Containers (UC) has released a new disaster recovery (DR) policy that states that cloud solutions need a business continuity plan in place separate from the cloud provider's built-in data recovery solution.
Which solution should a data architect use to comply with the DR policy?

Answer options

• A. Leverage a third-party tool that extracts Salesforce data/metadata, and stores the information in an external protected system.
• B. Utilize an ETL tool to migrate data to an on-premise archival solution.
• C. Leverage Salesforce weekly exports, and store data in flat files on a protected system.
• D. Write a custom batch Job to extract data changes nightly, and store on an external protected system.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Option A is correct because it ensures that Salesforce data is extracted and stored in a secure external system, providing a separate business continuity plan. Options B and C involve on-premise solutions that do not meet the requirement of being independent of the cloud provider's recovery solutions. Option D, while it extracts data, does not specify whether the storage is in a protected system, which is essential for compliance with the DR policy.