RPO

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Definition

Recovery Point Objective - maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. Like deciding you can afford to lose at most 1 hour of work if your computer crashes.

Real-World Example

Financial services set RPO of 1 minute, meaning they can lose at most 1 minute of transaction data in any failure.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

RPO is a concept rather than a specific service, but cloud providers offer various backup and disaster recovery solutions to help meet RPO goals.

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