1. Adobe Experience League - Campaign Classic v7 Documentation - Workflow best practices: This document explicitly advises on several key practices.
For option A & C: Under the "Recommendations" section
it states
"Purge the logs and the history" and "Avoid leaving workflows in a paused state for too long as it can overload the database."
For option D: The same section advises
"Plan the execution of the most resource-intensive workflows during off-peak hours to avoid slowing down the entire platform." This supports the principle of careful scheduling to manage system load
making "not more than every 15 minutes" a valid best practice guideline.
2. Adobe Experience League - Campaign Classic v7 Documentation - Workflow properties: This page details the workflow execution properties.
For option B: In the "Execution" section
it describes the option "Keep the result of interim populations". It is noted that this option is useful for debugging but consumes considerable disk space
reinforcing that it is not a standard best practice for production workflows.
3. Adobe Experience League - Campaign Classic v7 Documentation - Database cleanup workflow: This document details the importance of data retention management.
For option A: The "Introduction" section explains that the cleanup workflow's purpose is to delete obsolete data to "avoid exponential growth of the database" and maintain performance
which directly supports the practice of purging logs.