Which metric tells us how much time remains after our Recovery Time Objective but before negative effects are experienced?

Which metric tells us how much time remains after our Recovery Time Objective but before negative effects are experienced?

• A. Maintainability
• B. Recovery Time Objective
• C. Work Recovery Time
• D. Latency

Answer: (C)

Recovery Time Objective sets the target time to restore service after an incident. The metric described asks for how much time remains after you’ve met that target, before negative effects or business impact occur. That remaining window is known as Work Recovery Time. It represents the cushion you have in degraded operations before things start to worsen. For example, if your Recovery Time Objective is two hours, but you can continue with degraded service for up to six hours before customers notice negative effects, then the Work Recovery Time is four hours (six minus two). Maintainability is about how easy it is to maintain and update systems. Latency is the delay in processing or transmitting data. The Recovery Time Objective is the deadline itself, not the remaining window after that deadline. So the described metric best fits Work Recovery Time.

Recovery Time Objective sets the target time to restore service after an incident. The metric described asks for how much time remains after you’ve met that target, before negative effects or business impact occur. That remaining window is known as Work Recovery Time. It represents the cushion you have in degraded operations before things start to worsen.

For example, if your Recovery Time Objective is two hours, but you can continue with degraded service for up to six hours before customers notice negative effects, then the Work Recovery Time is four hours (six minus two).

Maintainability is about how easy it is to maintain and update systems. Latency is the delay in processing or transmitting data. The Recovery Time Objective is the deadline itself, not the remaining window after that deadline. So the described metric best fits Work Recovery Time.