PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is deploying SAP S/4HANA on AWS and needs to ensure that the system can survive a single Availability Zone failure. Which architecture meets this requirement?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse Amazon RDS Multi-AZ with SAP HANA HA, but RDS Multi-AZ is a managed service for non-SAP databases and does not support SAP HANA, which requires self-managed HSR on EC2 for cross-AZ failover.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Deploy an active-passive setup with the primary in one AZ and a standby in another AZ, using replication
An active-passive SAP HANA setup with the primary in one Availability Zone (AZ) and a standby in another AZ, using HANA System Replication (HSR) in synchronous mode, ensures zero data loss and automatic failover if a single AZ fails. This architecture meets the SAP S/4HANA requirement for high availability (HA) across AZs, as HSR replicates data at the database level, and the standby can take over within minutes.
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 the database files on Amazon S3 and mount them to the EC2 instance
Why it's wrong here
S3 is not a block storage and cannot be used for live database files.
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Deploy an active-passive setup with the primary in one AZ and a standby in another AZ, using replication
Why this is correct
Active-passive with cross-AZ standby ensures availability if one AZ fails.
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Use Amazon RDS Multi-AZ for the SAP HANA database
Why it's wrong here
RDS Multi-AZ is not supported for SAP HANA.
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Deploy a single EC2 instance in one Availability Zone with EBS snapshots
Why it's wrong here
Single instance fails if the AZ fails.
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