Exam SK0-005 topic 1 question 234 discussion

B. RPO RPO stands for Recovery Point Objective. It refers to the maximum tolerable amount of data loss measured in time. In this scenario, the server administrator is gathering business requirements to determine how frequently backups need to be performed on an application server. This directly relates to establishing the RPO, as it helps determine the frequency of backups necessary to meet the organization's data recovery objectives. The RPO helps define the acceptable amount of data that may be lost during a disaster or failure scenario. By understanding the business requirements and the RPO, the administrator can set up backup schedules and strategies accordingly to ensure that data can be recovered within the desired time frame.

The recovery point objective (RPO) is the age of files that must be recovered from backup storage for normal operations to resume if a computer, system or network goes down as a result of a hardware, program or communications failure.