PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
An SAP administrator is designing a disaster recovery plan for SAP NetWeaver on AWS. They want to minimize RTO and RPO while keeping costs low. Which strategy should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates assume manual snapshots or AMI-based backups are sufficient for disaster recovery, but they fail to recognize that these methods cannot achieve the sub-minute RPO and low RTO required for critical SAP workloads, and they overlook the cost efficiency of DRS's staging architecture.
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 AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) with SAP HANA system replication
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) with SAP HANA system replication is the correct strategy because it provides continuous replication at the block level, enabling sub-minute RPO and RTO of minutes, while minimizing costs by using lower-cost staging resources and only spinning up full-scale instances during a failover. This combination meets the requirement for minimal RTO/RPO and cost efficiency for SAP NetWeaver on AWS.
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 AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) with SAP HANA system replication
Why this is correct
DRS provides continuous replication, minimizing RTO and RPO.
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Use AWS EC2 Image Builder to create daily AMIs
Why it's wrong here
Image Builder creates AMIs, but does not provide continuous replication.
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Take manual EBS snapshots every 12 hours
Why it's wrong here
Manual snapshots lead to higher RPO and require manual orchestration.
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Replicate SAP application data to an S3 bucket in another region
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication alone does not protect the running system.
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