PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is designing a highly available SAP HANA system on AWS. They need to replicate data synchronously to a secondary site in a different Availability Zone. Which AWS service should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse AWS-managed HA services (like RDS Multi-AZ) with SAP-specific replication, forgetting that SAP HANA on AWS is an EC2-based workload requiring native HANA tools, not AWS database services.
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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SAP HANA System Replication (HSR)
SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) is the native SAP mechanism for synchronously replicating HANA data to a secondary system. It supports synchronous replication mode, which ensures zero data loss (RPO=0) by committing transactions only after they are confirmed on the secondary site, making it the correct choice for a highly available SAP HANA system across Availability Zones.
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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Amazon S3 cross-region replication
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication is for objects, not HANA data.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for migrations, not continuous replication.
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Amazon RDS Multi-AZ
Why it's wrong here
RDS Multi-AZ is for relational databases, not SAP HANA.
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SAP HANA System Replication (HSR)
Why this is correct
HSR is SAP's native replication for HANA.
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