A healthcare company relies on a virtualized server environment to store sensitive patient records. The IT security specialist is implementing a backup strategy that allows for quick restoration of data with minimal data loss in case of a server crash. Which of the following would be MOST effective for this purpose?
Setting up differential backups every 48 hours
Configuring incremental backups to be taken daily
Performing a full backup of the servers on a weekly basis
Snapshots provide a point-in-time copy of the virtual machine's disk file, which can be used to restore a system back to a particular state with minimal downtime. This makes them highly suitable for environments where data needs to be restored quickly and efficiently, such as in a healthcare company handling sensitive patient records. Traditional backups involve copying files to another location and often result in longer recovery times. Differential and incremental backups, while useful for saving storage space and reducing backup time, do not provide the immediate state recovery that snapshots offer.
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