PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company runs SAP HANA on AWS and needs to ensure that the database can be restored to any point in time within the last 48 hours with minimal data loss. Which backup strategy should be used?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse EBS snapshots or AWS Backup with SAP HANA's specific requirement for Backint-based log backups, assuming general-purpose backup tools can achieve the same PITR granularity without understanding SAP HANA's dependency on transaction log continuity.
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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Schedule daily full backups and hourly incremental log backups to Amazon S3 using Backint.
SAP HANA supports Backint integration with Amazon S3 for log backups, enabling point-in-time recovery (PITR) with minimal data loss. Daily full backups combined with hourly incremental log backups ensure that any transaction committed within the last 48 hours can be restored, meeting the RPO requirement of minimal data loss.
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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Use Amazon EBS snapshots every 6 hours.
Why it's wrong here
EBS snapshots are crash-consistent, not point-in-time for HANA.
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Schedule daily full backups and hourly incremental log backups to Amazon S3 using Backint.
Why this is correct
This combination allows point-in-time recovery with minimal data loss.
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Use AWS Backup with a daily backup plan.
Why it's wrong here
AWS Backup does not support HANA log backups.
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Take weekly full backups and daily differential backups to Amazon S3.
Why it's wrong here
Less frequent backups increase potential data loss.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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