WorksheetsSysAdmin: Backups
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
This type of backup gets only files that have changed since the last backup; regardless of the type of backup.
Differential
Incremental
Full
System State
When you are backing up "to the cloud", enterprise SysAdmins are more likely to call it this.
to the cloud; trick question
beyond RAID
Off Prem
None of these
This was the previous gold standard for backup media and it still used today by lots of organizations; for long term storage.
CDs
DVDs
Platter Based Drives
Magnetic Tape
What is the 2 of the 3,2,1 rule of backup?
2 copies of any important file
2 different types of storage media
2 copies stored offsite
none of these
Which of the following is a good reason that RAID does not work for backup?
Corruption; you end up with 2 corrupt copies
RAID sets break and can be unrecoverable
Downtime to recover raid sets
All of these are good reasons
If you use 7Zip to backup your files into one file that is then shrunk, you are using this technology.
Compression
Compaction
Consumption
Consummation
This technology, pioneered by Microsoft, creates point-in-time snapshots from which backups can be made.
Deduplication
MSFT Encryption
Mitochondria
Shadow Copies
This type of backup can be restored to another machine with the same or very similar hardware makeup to get a fully operational system going.
Bare Metal
Pure Steel
Complete Adamantium
Core Backup
This is the 1 of the 3,2,1 of backup
1 Copy should be zipped
1 Copy should be stored offsite
1 Copy should be on floppy
! Copy should be world writeable
Much averse to its name, this technology can offer a high speed backbone over both copper and it's namesake.
Plenum Wire
Fiber Optics
Gold Standard
Silver Stratum
