PAS-C01 Migration Practice Question
A company is migrating its SAP system to AWS and wants to use a high-availability setup for the database layer. Which AWS service should the company use to achieve automatic failover for SAP HANA?
Answer choices
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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Amazon Route 53 with health checks
Amazon Route 53 can be configured with DNS failover using health checks to automatically redirect traffic to a standby SAP HANA database in the event of a primary failure. Option A is wrong because Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network, not relevant for database failover. Option B is wrong because Elastic Load Balancing is designed for distributing traffic across multiple instances, not for database layer failover. Option D is wrong because AWS Global Accelerator improves application performance by routing traffic over the AWS global network, but it does not provide automatic failover for SAP HANA.
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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Amazon CloudFront
Why it's wrong here
CloudFront is a content delivery network, not for database failover.
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Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Why it's wrong here
ELB is for distributing traffic to multiple servers, not for database failover.
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Amazon Route 53 with health checks
Why this is correct
Route 53 can route traffic to the standby HANA instance if the primary fails.
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AWS Global Accelerator
Why it's wrong here
Global Accelerator improves performance, not failover.
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