This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of design of sap workloads on aws. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company is designing storage for an SAP HANA database on AWS. The database requires high throughput and low latency for data files. Which storage solution should be used for SAP HANA data volumes?
Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes
EBS gp3 and io2 provide the needed performance and persistence for HANA data.
Amazon S3
Why wrong: S3 is object storage and does not meet the latency requirements for HANA data files.
EC2 Instance Store
Why wrong: Instance Store is ephemeral and data is lost on instance stop/termination.
Amazon EFS
Why wrong: EFS is a file system with higher latency than EBS block storage.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes
Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes are the correct choice for SAP HANA data volumes because they provide the high throughput, low latency, and consistent IOPS required for SAP HANA's in-memory database operations. gp3 offers baseline performance with the ability to scale independently, while io2 provides provisioned IOPS for critical workloads, both meeting SAP's certification requirements for HANA on AWS.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes
Why this is correct
EBS gp3 and io2 provide the needed performance and persistence for HANA data.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Amazon S3
Why it's wrong here
S3 is object storage and does not meet the latency requirements for HANA data files.
EC2 Instance Store
Why it's wrong here
Instance Store is ephemeral and data is lost on instance stop/termination.
Amazon EFS
Why it's wrong here
EFS is a file system with higher latency than EBS block storage.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often confuse the high performance of EC2 Instance Store with persistence, forgetting that SAP HANA requires durable storage for data volumes, or they overestimate the suitability of Amazon EFS or S3 for database workloads due to their scalability features, ignoring the strict latency and IOPS requirements of SAP HANA.
Detailed technical explanation
SAP HANA relies on persistent block storage for data and log volumes, with data volumes requiring high sequential throughput and log volumes requiring low-latency synchronous writes. EBS io2 volumes offer up to 256,000 IOPS and 4,000 MB/s throughput per volume, with 99.999% durability, while gp3 provides a baseline of 3,000 IOPS and 125 MB/s, scalable to 16,000 IOPS and 1,000 MB/s, both using NVMe interfaces on Nitro-based instances for minimal latency. In real-world scenarios, misconfiguring EBS volume types or failing to enable multi-attach for HANA scale-out can lead to performance degradation or certification non-compliance.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — This question tests Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes — Amazon EBS gp3 or io2 volumes are the correct choice for SAP HANA data volumes because they provide the high throughput, low latency, and consistent IOPS required for SAP HANA's in-memory database operations. gp3 offers baseline performance with the ability to scale independently, while io2 provides provisioned IOPS for critical workloads, both meeting SAP's certification requirements for HANA on AWS.
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