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  1. What is the effect of enabling 'source-side deduplication' in Acronis?

    Answer: Duplicate data blocks are removed on the agent before transmission, reducing network load

    Source-side deduplication identifies and eliminates duplicate blocks at the agent level before transmitting data, saving both bandwidth and storage.

  2. An administrator needs to ensure backups survive a datacenter failure. Which Acronis storage feature best supports this?

    Answer: Offsite replication to a remote location

    Offsite replication sends backup copies to a geographically separate location, protecting against datacenter-level disasters.

  3. Which file system format does Acronis recommend for backup storage volumes on Windows to maximize performance?

    Answer: ReFS

    ReFS (Resilient File System) is recommended for Acronis backup storage on Windows Server 2016+ due to its integrity streams and faster large-file handling.

  4. What happens to a backup chain if a full backup is deleted from an Acronis archive that also contains dependent incremental backups?

    Answer: The entire chain becomes unrecoverable until a new full backup is made

    Incremental backups depend on their parent full backup; deleting the full backup breaks the chain and makes dependent incrementals unusable.

  5. In Acronis Cyber Infrastructure, what is 'erasure coding' used for?

    Answer: Distributing data and parity across nodes to allow recovery from node failures

    Erasure coding in ACI splits data into fragments and distributes parity chunks across nodes, allowing data reconstruction if nodes fail.

  6. Which Acronis backup format (TIBX) advantage distinguishes it from the legacy TIB format?

    Answer: TIBX supports synthetic full backups and faster metadata access

    The TIBX format supports synthetic full backup creation, faster random-access recovery, and improved metadata handling compared to legacy TIB.

  7. When configuring a backup plan, what does the 'GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son)' retention scheme define?

    Answer: Retention periods for daily, weekly, and monthly backup versions

    GFS retention keeps daily (Son), weekly (Father), and monthly (Grandfather) backup versions for specified durations, balancing storage use with recovery options.