PAS-C01 SAP HANA certified instance families Practice Question
A company is deploying SAP S/4HANA on AWS and needs to choose instance types that are certified by SAP. Which TWO instance families are SAP-certified for production SAP HANA workloads?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates may think general-purpose or other instance families are certified, but only memory-optimized families like R5 and X1e are certified for production HANA. Do not select uncertified families.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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R5
The question asks for two certified instance families for production SAP HANA workloads. Among the provided options, only R5 (A) and X1e (C) are SAP-certified for production HANA. T3, M5, and P3 are not certified. Therefore, the correct answers are A and C.
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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R5
Why this is correct
Correct. R5 is memory-optimized and SAP-certified for production HANA.
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T3
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. T3 is burstable and not certified for production HANA.
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X1e
Why this is correct
Correct. X1e is memory-optimized and SAP-certified for production HANA.
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M5
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. M5 is general-purpose and not certified for production HANA.
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P3
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. P3 is GPU-optimized and not certified for HANA.
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