PAS-C01 Migration Practice Question
A company is migrating a critical SAP HANA database to AWS. The database size is 2 TB. They require the highest network throughput and low latency between EC2 instances. Which EC2 placement strategy should they use?
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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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Cluster Placement Group
Placement Groups with Cluster Placement provide low latency and high throughput within a single AZ. Option D (Cluster Placement Group) is correct. Option A (Spread Placement Group) is for high availability, not performance. Option B (Partition Placement Group) is for large distributed systems. Option C (Dedicated Hosts) provides licensing benefits, not network performance.
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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Spread Placement Group across multiple Availability Zones
Why it's wrong here
Spread group increases distance, reducing performance.
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Partition Placement Group
Why it's wrong here
Partition group is for large distributed workloads like Hadoop.
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Dedicated Hosts
Why it's wrong here
Dedicated Hosts are for licensing, not network performance.
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Cluster Placement Group
Why this is correct
Cluster group provides low latency and high throughput within a single AZ.
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