PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP administrator is setting up monitoring for an SAP HANA database. Which TWO metrics should be monitored from the HANA database using Amazon CloudWatch?
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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CPU utilization of the HANA process
Options A and E are correct because CPU utilization and memory usage (used memory / total memory) are critical for SAP HANA performance and are directly available from the HANA database via Amazon CloudWatch. Option B (SAPS) is an application performance standard, not a native CloudWatch metric. Option C (EBS volume queue length) is an infrastructure-level metric for storage, not HANA-specific. Option D (Network packet loss) is a network metric not directly from HANA.
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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CPU utilization of the HANA process
Why this is correct
CPU utilization directly affects query performance.
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SAPS (SAP Application Performance Standard)
Why it's wrong here
SAPS is a benchmark unit, not a CloudWatch metric.
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EBS volume queue length
Why it's wrong here
This is an infrastructure metric, not HANA-specific.
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Network packet loss
Why it's wrong here
Packet loss is not a standard HANA metric and is monitored separately.
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Memory usage (used memory / total memory)
Why this is correct
High memory usage can indicate performance issues.
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