PAS-C01 Migration Practice Question
A company is migrating its SAP HANA database to AWS. The database is 3 TB and runs on a dedicated physical server. The company wants to use a HANA-certified EC2 instance. Which instance type should the company choose?
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Why each option matters
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x1e.32xlarge
The x1e.32xlarge instance is SAP HANA-certified and provides 1952 GB of memory, which is sufficient for a 3 TB HANA database when considering compression and overhead. The other options either lack sufficient memory or are not HANA-certified. Specifically, the i3.16xlarge (488 GB) is not HANA-certified for large instances, the m5.24xlarge (384 GB) has too little memory, and the r5.24xlarge (768 GB) also lacks the required capacity.
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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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i3.16xlarge
Why it's wrong here
The i3.16xlarge has 488 GB of memory and is not SAP HANA-certified for large databases; it is intended for storage-intensive workloads, not large HANA deployments.
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x1e.32xlarge
Why this is correct
The x1e.32xlarge is SAP HANA-certified with 1952 GB of memory, making it suitable for a 3 TB HANA database after accounting for compression and system overhead.
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m5.24xlarge
Why it's wrong here
The m5.24xlarge has 384 GB of memory, which is insufficient for a 3 TB HANA database and is not HANA-certified for this size.
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r5.24xlarge
Why it's wrong here
The r5.24xlarge has 768 GB of memory, which is not enough for a 3 TB HANA database, and it is not the recommended HANA-certified instance type for this workload.
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