This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of design of sap workloads on aws. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company is planning to migrate their SAP HANA database to AWS. Which TWO of the following are valid EC2 instance types for SAP HANA? (Choose 2.)
c5.9xlarge
Why wrong: c5 is compute-optimized, not for HANA.
t3.2xlarge
Why wrong: t3 is burstable general purpose, not certified.
i3.8xlarge
Why wrong: i3 is storage-optimized, not for HANA.
x1e.32xlarge
x1e is memory-optimized and certified for SAP HANA.
r5.8xlarge
r5 is memory-optimized and certified for SAP HANA.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
x1e.32xlarge
Option D (x1e.32xlarge) is correct because it is part of the X1e instance family, which is specifically certified by SAP for production HANA workloads. These instances offer high memory (up to 3,904 GiB) and are optimized for large in-memory databases like SAP HANA, meeting the SAP memory and vCPU requirements for OLAP and OLTP scenarios.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
c5.9xlarge
Why it's wrong here
c5 is compute-optimized, not for HANA.
t3.2xlarge
Why it's wrong here
t3 is burstable general purpose, not certified.
i3.8xlarge
Why it's wrong here
i3 is storage-optimized, not for HANA.
x1e.32xlarge
Why this is correct
x1e is memory-optimized and certified for SAP HANA.
Related concept
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r5.8xlarge
Why this is correct
r5 is memory-optimized and certified for SAP HANA.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often confuse general-purpose or compute-optimized instances (like c5 or t3) with SAP HANA requirements, overlooking that SAP HANA mandates high-memory, SAP-certified instance families such as X1e, R5, or U-6tb1.
Detailed technical explanation
SAP HANA relies on columnar in-memory processing, requiring large memory footprints and high memory bandwidth. The X1e and R5 families are both SAP-certified for HANA, with X1e offering up to 3,904 GiB of memory using Intel Xeon E7 processors, while R5 instances use Intel Xeon Platinum processors with up to 768 GiB of memory, making them suitable for smaller HANA deployments. AWS maintains a specific SAP HANA certification matrix that lists only certain instance types, and using non-certified instances can lead to performance degradation or lack of SAP support.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
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Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — This question tests Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: x1e.32xlarge — Option D (x1e.32xlarge) is correct because it is part of the X1e instance family, which is specifically certified by SAP for production HANA workloads. These instances offer high memory (up to 3,904 GiB) and are optimized for large in-memory databases like SAP HANA, meeting the SAP memory and vCPU requirements for OLAP and OLTP scenarios.
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