Which recovery model should the database use?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 instance that contains a financial database hosted on a storage area network (SAN).

The financial database has the following characteristics:

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 a number 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 at 10:00 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 . NORECOVERY
B . FULL
C . NO_CHECKSUM
D . CHECKSUM
E . Differential
F . BULK_LOGGED
G . STANDBY
H . RESTART
. SKIP
. Transaction log
. DBO ONLY
. COPY_ONLY
. SIMPLE
. CONTINUE AFTER ERROR

View Answer

Answer: B

Explanation:

The full recovery model requires log backups. No work is lost due to a lost or damaged data file. Can recover to a specific point in time, assuming that your backups are complete up to that point in time.