PAS-C01 Migration Practice Question
A company is migrating their SAP HANA database to AWS. The on-premises HANA system is 10 TB and runs on a physical server. They need to minimize the migration time and cannot afford more than 4 hours of downtime. The network bandwidth is limited to 500 Mbps. They decide to use AWS Snowball Edge to transfer the data. After copying the data to Snowball, they ship it to AWS. However, upon receiving the data, they find that the checksum verification fails. What should they do to resolve this issue and complete the migration within the downtime window?
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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Contact AWS Support to perform a remote data verification and import
If the checksum verification fails, AWS Support can perform a remote data verification and potentially import the data without needing to reship the Snowball, which would exceed the 4-hour downtime window. Option A is incorrect because re-copying and reshipping would take days, not fitting the downtime requirement. Option B is incorrect because even incremental transfer via DMS over a 500 Mbps link would take too long for 10 TB. Option D is incorrect because ordering Direct Connect can take weeks to provision, which also exceeds the allowed downtime.
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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Re-copy the data to a new Snowball and reship
Why it's wrong here
Reshipping would take days, exceeding the downtime window.
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Use AWS DMS over the existing network to transfer the data incrementally
Why it's wrong here
500 Mbps is too slow for 10 TB within 4 hours.
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Contact AWS Support to perform a remote data verification and import
Why this is correct
AWS Support can help recover data without reshipping.
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Order an AWS Direct Connect connection to increase bandwidth
Why it's wrong here
Direct Connect installation is not immediate.
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