Exam 70-764 topic 1 question 61 discussion

Actual exam question from Microsoft's 70-764

Question #: 61
Topic #: 1

You administer all the deployments of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 in your company.
You need to ensure that an OLTP database that includes up-to-the-minute reporting requirements can be off- loaded from the primary database to another server.
You also need to be able to add indexes to the secondary database.
Which configuration should you use?

A. Two servers configured in different data centers SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode One server configured as an Active Secondary
B. Two servers configured in the same data center SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode One server configured as an Active Secondary
C. Two servers configured in the same data center A primary server configured to perform log-shipping every 10 minutes A backup server configured as a warm standby
D. Two servers configured in different data centers SQL Server Availability Group configured in AsynchronousCommit Availability Mode
E. Two servers configured on the same subnet SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
F. SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform transactional replication
G. SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform snapshot replication
H. Two servers configured in a Windows Failover Cluster in the same data center SQL Server configured as a clustered instance

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Suggested Answer: F 🗳️
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/replication/transactional/transactional-replication

by TheSwedishGuy at Jan. 24, 2020, 1:28 p.m.

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jolsca

4 years, 9 months ago

F is correct. after configuring the replicas you can create indexes

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TheSwedishGuy

5 years, 4 months ago

Also, it's not going to be an AlwaysOn solution, since the question made clear that you need to be able to create indexes on the secondary. You cannot create indexes on the secondary since the database is locked when the secondary is part of a AlwaysOn solution.

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TheSwedishGuy

5 years, 4 months ago

Transactional replication is similar to Always On's asynchronous commit mode. Except there is no automatic failover.

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TheSwedishGuy

5 years, 4 months ago

Transactional replication also means you can use another Non-SQL server, such as an Oracle database.

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