PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
A company wants to monitor the performance of its SAP HANA database on AWS. Which THREE Amazon CloudWatch metrics should be monitored to ensure optimal database performance?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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NetworkIn
CPUCreditBalance indicates if the instance is using burstable CPU. EBSIOBalance% shows I/O credit balance for EBS volumes. NetworkIn/Out monitor network traffic. These are key for HANA performance. MemoryUtilization is not a standard CloudWatch metric (needs custom agent). DiskReadOps is also not standard.
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NetworkIn
Why this is correct
Monitors incoming network traffic to the instance.
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CPUCreditBalance
Why this is correct
Important for burstable instances to ensure CPU performance.
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EBSIOBalance%
Why this is correct
Monitors I/O credit balance for gp2/gp3 volumes.
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DiskReadOps
Why it's wrong here
Not a standard CloudWatch metric; EBS metrics are volume-level.
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MemoryUtilization
Why it's wrong here
Not a standard CloudWatch metric; requires CloudWatch agent.
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