PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company has an SAP HANA database running on a r5.8xlarge EC2 instance with 3.5 TB of data. They want to back up the database to Amazon S3 using Backint. What is the most cost-effective and performant backup strategy?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to choose S3 Glacier for cost savings, overlooking the retrieval latency and costs for frequent backups, or they choose a single stream assuming simplicity, missing the performance benefits of parallelism for large datasets.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Use multiple parallel Backint streams to a single S3 bucket with S3 Standard storage.
Backint is the native SAP HANA backup integration that sends backup data directly to Amazon S3. Using multiple parallel Backint streams maximizes throughput by leveraging S3's high request rate limits, and S3 Standard storage provides the low-latency access needed for frequent backups and restores without incurring retrieval costs. This combination is both cost-effective and performant for a 3.5 TB database.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Use EBS snapshots and copy them to S3.
Why it's wrong here
EBS snapshots are not as integrated with SAP HANA backup management.
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Use multiple parallel Backint streams to a single S3 bucket with S3 Standard storage.
Why this is correct
Parallel streams improve throughput; single bucket is simpler and cost-effective.
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Use multiple parallel Backint streams to multiple S3 buckets with S3 Glacier storage.
Why it's wrong here
Glacier is not suitable for frequent backups and multiple buckets add complexity.
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Use a single Backint stream to one S3 bucket with S3 Standard storage.
Why it's wrong here
Single stream may be slow for large databases.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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