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Classify data by sensitivity, access pattern and durability need
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Storage and Data Protection Architecture
Select storage, replication, encryption, backup and lifecycle patterns based on workload characteristics.
Objective: Protect availability, confidentiality and recoverability while controlling performance and cost.
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Business context and requirements
02
Define performance, latency, capacity, RPO and retention targets
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03
Identify legal hold, sovereignty and deletion obligations
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Architecture and design decisions
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Choose object, file, block, database and caching services
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02
Design redundancy, replication, backup and immutable recovery copies
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03
Plan encryption, key management, private access and lifecycle tiers
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Security, cost and operating model
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Apply least privilege and monitor destructive operations
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02
Model transactions, capacity, replication, backup and egress costs
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03
Assign ownership for growth, recovery testing and retention changes
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Validation, resilience and evolution
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Benchmark expected workload and failure behaviour
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02
Test restore, point-in-time recovery and access revocation
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03
Review data growth, tiering effectiveness and recovery evidence
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