PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
A company runs SAP on AWS and needs to implement a disaster recovery strategy for their SAP NetWeaver system. The primary site is in us-east-1, and the DR site is in us-west-2. They want to minimize data loss and recovery time. Which approach meets these requirements?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse synchronous mode as always better for data protection, but fail to recognize that cross-region latency makes synchronous replication impractical, leading to transaction timeouts or severe performance degradation, while asynchronous mode is the standard for multi-region DR in SAP on AWS.
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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Use SAP HANA System Replication in asynchronous mode across regions.
SAP HANA System Replication in asynchronous mode across regions is the correct approach because it provides near-zero recovery point objective (RPO) with minimal impact on primary system performance, while enabling rapid failover to the DR region in us-west-2. Asynchronous replication is suitable for cross-region scenarios where network latency would make synchronous mode impractical, and it meets the requirement to minimize both data loss and recovery time for SAP NetWeaver.
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 SAP HANA System Replication in asynchronous mode across regions.
Why this is correct
Async replication provides low RPO and RTO for cross-region DR.
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Use SAP HANA System Replication in synchronous mode across regions.
Why it's wrong here
Synchronous replication over long distances is not practical due to latency.
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Use AWS Backup to back up the SAP HANA database and restore in us-west-2.
Why it's wrong here
Backup and restore has higher RPO and RTO compared to replication.
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Use Amazon S3 cross-region replication for SAP HANA data files.
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication is not suitable for live database replication.
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