What should you do?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2016 instance. The instance contains a database that supports a retail sales application.

The application generates hundreds of transactions per second and is online 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. You plan to define a backup strategy for the database.

You need to ensure that the following requirements are met:

No more than 5 minutes worth of transactions are lost.

Data can be recovered by using the minimum amount of administrative effort.

What should you do? Choose all that apply.
A . Configure the database to use the SIMPLE recovery model.
B . Create a DIFFERENTIAL database backup every 4 hours.
C . Create a LOG backup every 5 minutes.
D . Configure the database to use the FULL recovery model.
E . Create a FULL database backup every 24 hours.
F . Create a DIFFERENTIAL database backup every 24 hours.

View Answer

Answer: B, C, D, E

Explanation:

If there are only three options, the CDE (exclude differential backup), is the best answer.