PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
An SAP administrator needs to back up an SAP HANA database running on an Amazon EC2 instance. The requirement is to perform daily backups to Amazon S3 with minimal cost and impact on database performance. Which backup strategy should be used?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse EBS snapshots as a simple, low-cost backup method for databases, but they fail to recognize the performance impact and lack of application consistency without additional configuration, making Backint integration the correct choice for SAP HANA on AWS.
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 SAP HANA Backint integration to back up to S3
SAP HANA Backint integration allows direct, streaming backups from the HANA database to Amazon S3, which minimizes performance impact by offloading backup processing to the Backint agent and avoids intermediate storage. This approach is cost-effective as it uses S3's low-cost storage and eliminates the need for additional infrastructure, meeting the requirement for daily backups with minimal cost and database performance impact.
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 Backup with the SAP HANA plugin
Why it's wrong here
AWS Backup uses Backint but adds complexity.
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Use SAP HANA Backint integration to back up to S3
Why this is correct
Backint agent sends data directly to S3 with low overhead.
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Create EBS snapshots of the database volumes
Why it's wrong here
EBS snapshots require quiescing, impact performance.
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Configure S3 Lifecycle policies to move logs
Why it's wrong here
Lifecycle policies are for storage management, not backups.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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