PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is planning to run SAP NetWeaver on AWS and needs to ensure high availability for the database layer. Which AWS service can be used to achieve automatic failover of an SAP HANA database?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse Amazon RDS Multi-AZ (which provides automatic failover for managed databases) with SAP HANA's own replication mechanism, not realizing that SAP HANA is not a supported engine for RDS and must be self-managed on EC2.
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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SAP HANA System Replication (HSR)
SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) is the native SAP mechanism for replicating data from a primary HANA database to one or more secondary systems, enabling automatic failover in the event of a primary failure. This is the correct approach for achieving high availability for SAP HANA on AWS, as it integrates with AWS services like Elastic IPs or Route53 for IP re-mapping during failover, and is fully supported by SAP for production workloads.
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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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for migration, not high availability.
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Application Load Balancer (ALB)
Why it's wrong here
ALB is for distributing HTTP traffic, not for database failover.
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Amazon RDS Multi-AZ
Why it's wrong here
RDS Multi-AZ is for Amazon RDS databases, not SAP HANA.
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SAP HANA System Replication (HSR)
Why this is correct
HSR provides synchronous replication and automatic failover for HANA.
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