PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
An SAP administrator is planning a Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy for SAP HANA on AWS. The DR site is in a different AWS Region. Which AWS service can replicate SAP HANA data to the DR region with low Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse Amazon EBS snapshots or S3 replication as viable low-RPO solutions for SAP HANA, but these are not designed for real-time database replication and cannot match the sub-second RPO of HANA's native log shipping mechanism.
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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SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping
SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping is the correct choice because it provides near-synchronous or synchronous replication of HANA data and transaction logs to a secondary system in another AWS Region, enabling a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of seconds or even zero data loss. This native HANA feature is optimized for SAP workloads and integrates directly with HANA's persistence layer, making it the most suitable DR method for low RPO requirements.
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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Amazon EBS snapshots copied to the DR region
Why it's wrong here
Snapshots are taken periodically, leading to higher RPO.
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SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping
Why this is correct
HANA System Replication provides continuous synchronization with low RPO.
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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with ongoing replication
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for migrations and may not support SAP HANA as a target for continuous replication.
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Amazon S3 cross-region replication
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication is for objects, not for HANA database replication.
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