PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
A company runs SAP on AWS and notices that the SAP application performance degrades during peak hours. The system uses a db.r5.4xlarge RDS for SAP HANA database. Which AWS service should be used to analyze the database performance metrics and identify bottlenecks?
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Why each option matters
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Amazon RDS Performance Insights
Amazon RDS Performance Insights is the correct service because it provides a performance dashboard with detailed database metrics, allowing you to identify bottlenecks such as high CPU, memory, or I/O usage. AWS X-Ray is used for tracing requests across microservices, not for database performance analysis. AWS CloudTrail logs API calls for auditing, not performance metrics. Amazon CloudWatch Logs is for storing and monitoring log files, not for real-time database performance analysis.
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AWS X-Ray
Why it's wrong here
AWS X-Ray is used for tracing requests through applications, not for analyzing database performance metrics.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
AWS CloudTrail records API calls for auditing purposes, not for database performance analysis.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why it's wrong here
Amazon CloudWatch Logs stores and monitors log files, but does not provide a dedicated performance dashboard for databases.
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Amazon RDS Performance Insights
Why this is correct
Amazon RDS Performance Insights provides an interactive dashboard that visualizes database load and helps identify performance bottlenecks.
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