PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
A company is running a critical SAP HANA database on a single EC2 instance with a large gp2 EBS volume. They need to ensure high availability with a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of less than 15 minutes and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of less than 5 minutes. Which solution meets these requirements?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse AWS Application Recovery Controller (a traffic management service) with a data replication solution, or assume that EBS snapshots can meet low RPO/RTO requirements, when in fact SAP HANA's native replication is required for sub-5-minute RPO and sub-15-minute RTO.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Configure SAP HANA System Replication in scale-up mode with a standby HANA instance in a different Availability Zone.
SAP HANA System Replication in scale-up mode with a standby instance in a different Availability Zone meets the RTO of less than 15 minutes and RPO of less than 5 minutes by continuously replicating data synchronously or near-synchronously to a standby EC2 instance. This allows automatic failover to the standby instance, ensuring minimal data loss and rapid recovery without relying on EBS snapshots or cross-region replication.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Deploy the SAP HANA database on Amazon RDS for SAP HANA in a Multi-AZ configuration.
Why it's wrong here
Amazon RDS does not support SAP HANA.
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Use AWS Backup to take daily snapshots of the EBS volume and restore to a new instance in another Availability Zone.
Why it's wrong here
Snapshots are not frequent enough for RPO of 5 minutes and restore time exceeds RTO.
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Use AWS Application Recovery Controller to continuously replicate data to a standby EC2 instance in another region.
Why it's wrong here
AWS Application Recovery Controller is for DNS routing and not for data replication; also cross-region replication may increase latency and RTO.
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Configure SAP HANA System Replication in scale-up mode with a standby HANA instance in a different Availability Zone.
Why this is correct
SAP HANA System Replication provides near-synchronous replication and automatic failover, meeting RPO and RTO.
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