1Z0-1072-25 Question 272
Single answerYou have a production file system in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure File Storage Service and need to create a test environment that uses the same data, while ensuring you can write to the test copy without affecting the production environment. Which approach allows you to achieve this goal with minimal effort and downtime?
- A
Create a snapshot of the production file system and then clone the snapshot into a new file system for the test environment
- B
Manually copy the files via an NFS client from the production file system to a separate file system
- C
Use Block Volume backups to back up the file system and restore to a new volume for the test environment
- D
Mount the snapshot directly and enable write access to perform the tests
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure File Storage Service, snapshots provide a read-only point-in-time view of data. To create a writable environment from a snapshot, you clone it into a new file system, which can be mounted for read/write access. This approach ensures efficient use of space, minimizes operational overhead, and reduces the risk of impacting the original production file system. Refer to official OCI File Storage Service documentation for best practices on configuring snapshots and clones.
- A. Correct.
Correct. Creating a snapshot and cloning it is the recommended approach to quickly produce a fully independent but initially space-efficient test copy of your production file system. The clone can be mounted with its own mount target, allowing you to run tests without affecting the production environment.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect. While copying data via NFS might eventually achieve a similar result, it is more time-consuming and resource-intensive. It does not leverage the snapshot-and-clone feature, which is faster and more efficient.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Using Block Volume backups is unrelated to the File Storage Service snapshots and clones feature. Block Volume backups are intended for block volumes, not file systems, so this wouldn�t be the right solution for a File Storage�based environment.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Snapshots in OCI File Storage Service are read-only. You cannot mount them directly in read/write mode. To obtain a writable copy, you must clone the snapshot into a new file system.