PAS-C01 Amazon S3 Standard Practice Question
An SAP administrator needs to back up the SAP HANA database daily with a retention period of 30 days. The backups must be stored in a cost-effective manner and be instantly accessible for recovery. Which AWS service should be used?
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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Amazon S3 Standard
Amazon S3 Standard provides durable, cost-effective storage with immediate access, ideal for SAP HANA database backups that require a 30-day retention and instant recovery. Option A is incorrect because Amazon S3 Glacier has retrieval delays (minutes to hours) that do not meet the 'instantly accessible' requirement. Option C is incorrect because Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive has very long retrieval times (hours to days), unsuitable for instant recovery. Option D is incorrect because Amazon EBS Snapshots are designed for EC2 block-level volumes, not for directly storing HANA database backups as files.
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 S3 Glacier
Why it's wrong here
Amazon S3 Glacier has retrieval delays (minutes to hours) that do not meet the 'instantly accessible' requirement.
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Amazon S3 Standard
Why this is correct
Amazon S3 Standard provides durable, cost-effective storage with immediate access, ideal for SAP HANA database backups that require a 30-day retention and instant recovery.
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Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Why it's wrong here
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive has very long retrieval times (hours to days), unsuitable for instant recovery.
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Amazon EBS Snapshots
Why it's wrong here
Amazon EBS Snapshots are designed for EC2 block-level volumes, not for directly storing HANA database backups as files.
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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