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PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question

A company is running SAP S/4HANA on AWS and needs to ensure high availability for the database layer. Which AWS service should be used to replicate the database to a standby instance in a different Availability Zone?

⚠ Common exam trap

Watch out — candidates often confuse Amazon RDS Multi-AZ with a generic high-availability solution, but RDS Multi-AZ does not support SAP HANA, making DMS the correct choice for replicating SAP S/4HANA databases across Availability Zones.

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 Database Migration Service (DMS)

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) supports ongoing replication from an SAP HANA source database to a standby instance in a different Availability Zone using change data capture (CDC). This allows continuous data synchronization without requiring native SAP HANA replication features, making it suitable for high-availability setups where the database layer must be replicated across AZs.

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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    EC2 Auto Scaling

    Why it's wrong here

    EC2 Auto Scaling manages compute capacity, not database replication.

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    Amazon S3

    Why it's wrong here

    S3 is object storage, not a database replication service.

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    Amazon RDS Multi-AZ

    Why it's wrong here

    RDS Multi-AZ is for managed RDS databases, not for self-managed SAP HANA on EC2.

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    AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

    Why this is correct

    AWS DMS can perform ongoing replication to a standby HANA database.

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