PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
An architect is designing a disaster recovery plan for an SAP system using SAP HANA. The primary site is in us-east-1 and the DR site is in us-west-2. The RPO is 15 minutes and RTO is 1 hour. Which TWO AWS services or features should the architect use to meet these requirements? (Choose TWO.)
⚠ Common exam trap
The PAS-C01 exam often tests the distinction between native SAP replication (HANA System Replication) and AWS infrastructure-level DR services (AWS DRS), and the trap here is that candidates may think CloudEndure (option E) is a separate valid service, but it is simply the previous branding of AWS DRS, making it a duplicate and incorrect choice.
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 Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS)
SAP HANA System Replication (option D) is the native SAP mechanism for replicating HANA databases synchronously or asynchronously, supporting an RPO of 15 minutes with asynchronous replication. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (option B) provides continuous block-level replication for the entire SAP system (including OS and application volumes) and enables automated failover within the 1-hour RTO. Together, they ensure both database consistency and full infrastructure recovery.
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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AWS Transit Gateway with VPC peering
Why it's wrong here
Network connectivity does not replicate data.
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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS)
Why this is correct
AWS DRS automates failover and recovery, meeting RTO.
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Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication is for objects, not suitable for HANA database replication.
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SAP HANA System Replication
Why this is correct
System Replication can replicate data with low RPO.
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AWS CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
Why it's wrong here
CloudEndure is now part of AWS DRS, so it is redundant.
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