PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is designing an SAP HANA disaster recovery solution on AWS across two regions. Which TWO actions meet the requirement of a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of less than 5 minutes?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse S3 Cross-Region Replication or scripted exports as viable for low RPO, not realizing that these methods cannot provide the continuous, transactional consistency required for SAP HANA disaster recovery.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Set up AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with ongoing replication from the primary to the DR region.
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with ongoing replication can continuously capture and apply changes from the SAP HANA source database to a target in the DR region, achieving sub-5-minute RPO by replicating transactions in near real-time. Option D is correct because SAP HANA System Replication with asynchronous mode replicates data at the database level, typically achieving RPO of seconds to a few minutes, well under the 5-minute requirement.
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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Set up AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with ongoing replication from the primary to the DR region.
Why this is correct
AWS DMS with ongoing replication can achieve sub-5-minute RPO by continuously replicating changes.
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Use Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication to copy HANA data files to the DR region every minute.
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication is for objects, not for database transaction logs; it cannot guarantee database consistency.
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Schedule a script to run every minute that exports HANA data and uploads to S3 in the DR region.
Why it's wrong here
Script-based exports every minute are not reliable and may impact performance; also not an AWS managed service.
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Implement SAP HANA System Replication with asynchronous replication to the DR region.
Why this is correct
SAP HANA System Replication with asynchronous mode can achieve RPO of seconds to minutes.
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Configure automated nightly snapshots of the HANA database and copy them to the DR region using AWS Backup.
Why it's wrong here
Nightly snapshots provide an RPO of up to 24 hours, not less than 5 minutes.
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