PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company is planning to run SAP S/4HANA on AWS. They need to ensure that the SAP system can be restored within 4 hours in the event of a disaster. Which AWS service should be used to achieve this recovery time objective (RTO)?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery with its predecessor name 'CloudEndure Disaster Recovery' (Option C), which is the same service but the exam expects the current AWS branding, or they mistakenly think periodic EBS snapshots (Option B) can achieve a 4-hour RTO for SAP without considering the recovery time for snapshot restoration and database consistency.
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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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) is the correct service because it provides continuous replication of SAP S/4HANA workloads with sub-second RPO and supports automated recovery orchestration, enabling restoration within the 4-hour RTO. It is the direct successor to CloudEndure Disaster Recovery and is purpose-built for enterprise applications like SAP, offering non-disruptive testing and fast failover to a secondary AWS Region or Availability Zone.
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 Elastic Disaster Recovery
Why this is correct
DRS provides fast recovery for SAP systems.
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EBS snapshots copied to another region
Why it's wrong here
Snapshots alone may not meet RTO without automation.
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AWS CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
Why it's wrong here
CloudEndure is now part of DRS, but DRS is the current service.
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Amazon S3 cross-region replication
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication does not cover full system recovery.
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