The RTO and RPO are two very important aspects to understand from the perspective of the exam as they are very important concepts in the designing of a disaster recovery strategy.
RTO
The RTO is a measure of the user's tolerance to system downtime. In other words, the RTO is the extent of acceptable system downtime. For example, an RTO of 2 hours indicates that an organization will not be overly impacted if its system is down for up to 2 hours.
RPO
The RPO is a measure of the user's tolerance to data loss. In other words, the RPO is the extent of acceptable data loss. For example, an RPO of 2 hours indicates that an organization will not be overly impacted if it loses data for up to 2 hours.
Let's understand each of them by way of the following diagram:
Let's understand the preceding diagram with the aid of some practical examples:
Example 1: An organization can accept data loss for up to 4 hours. However...
