PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is deploying SAP S/4HANA on AWS and needs to ensure high availability for the database layer. Which TWO actions should the company take?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse backup storage (S3) or file storage (EFS) with high availability mechanisms, or incorrectly assume that Auto Scaling can be applied to stateful database instances, when in fact HANA requires dedicated replication and block storage for HA.
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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Configure SAP HANA System Replication across two Availability Zones
SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) across two Availability Zones provides synchronous or asynchronous data replication at the database level, ensuring automatic failover and high availability for the HANA database. This is a core requirement for SAP S/4HANA on AWS, as it protects against AZ-level failures and meets SAP's HA architecture guidelines.
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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Store HANA backups in Amazon S3 Standard-IA
Why it's wrong here
While backups can go to S3, this is not a high-availability action for the database layer.
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Configure SAP HANA System Replication across two Availability Zones
Why this is correct
HANA System Replication provides synchronous replication for HA.
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Use Amazon EFS as the data volume for HANA
Why it's wrong here
EFS is file storage, not suitable for HANA data volumes.
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Provision Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes for HANA data
Why this is correct
io2 volumes provide high performance and durability needed for HANA.
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Enable EC2 Auto Scaling for the HANA instance
Why it's wrong here
Auto Scaling is not appropriate for stateful HANA instances.
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