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You have a database named DB1 that is 640 GB and is updated frequently. You enabled log shipping for DB1 and configure backup and restore to occur every 30 minutes. You discover that the disks on the data server are almost full. You need to reduce the amount of disk space used by the log shipping process.
Solution: You enable compression for the transaction log backups:
Does this meet the goal?
A . Yes
B . No
Answer: A
Explanation:
SQL Server 2017 supports backup compression. When creating a log shipping configuration, you can control the backup compression behavior of log backups by choosing one of the following options: Use the default server setting, Compress backup, or Do not compress backup
Note: SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and later versions support backup compression.
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/log-shipping/configure-logshipping-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017
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