PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
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.)
⚠ Common exam trap
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.
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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x1e.32xlarge
(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.
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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c5.9xlarge
Why it's wrong here
c5 is compute-optimized, not for HANA.
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t3.2xlarge
Why it's wrong here
t3 is burstable general purpose, not certified.
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i3.8xlarge
Why it's wrong here
i3 is storage-optimized, not for HANA.
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x1e.32xlarge
Why this is correct
x1e is memory-optimized and certified for SAP HANA.
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r5.8xlarge
Why this is correct
r5 is memory-optimized and certified for SAP HANA.
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Variation 1. A company is planning to migrate its SAP HANA database to AWS. Which instance type is specifically designed for SAP HANA workloads on AWS?
easy- A.r5.24xlarge
- B.c5.18xlarge
- C.t3.2xlarge
- ✓ D.x1e.32xlarge
Why D: The x1e.32xlarge instance is specifically designed and certified by SAP for production SAP HANA workloads on AWS. It offers 3.9 TB of memory and high storage throughput, meeting SAP's stringent memory-to-vCPU ratio and performance requirements for HANA databases.
Variation 2. A company is migrating its SAP HANA database to AWS. Which instance type is specifically designed for SAP HANA and certified for production workloads?
easy- A.c5.xlarge
- B.r5.xlarge
- ✓ C.x1e.xlarge
- D.t3.xlarge
Why C: 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.
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