PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is migrating its SAP HANA database to AWS. Which instance type is specifically designed for SAP HANA and certified for production workloads?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often assume any memory-optimized instance (like R5) is suitable for SAP HANA, but AWS requires specific instance families (X1, X1e, high-memory) that are officially SAP-certified for production workloads.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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x1e.xlarge
The x1e.xlarge instance is part of the AWS X1e family, which is specifically designed for memory-intensive workloads like SAP HANA and is certified by SAP for production deployments. SAP HANA requires large memory footprints and high memory-to-vCPU ratios, which the X1e instances provide with up to 3,904 GiB of memory and 128 vCPUs, meeting SAP's certification requirements.
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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c5.xlarge
Why it's wrong here
c5 instances are compute-optimized, not for HANA.
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r5.xlarge
Why it's wrong here
r5 instances are memory-optimized but not HANA-certified.
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x1e.xlarge
Why this is correct
x1e instances are SAP HANA certified for production.
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t3.xlarge
Why it's wrong here
t3 instances are burstable and not SAP HANA certified.
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