PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Exhibit
Refer to the exhibit. [ec2-user@ip-10-0-0-10 ~]$ df -h /hana/data Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/xvdf 500G 480G 20G 96% /hana/data
An SAP administrator runs the df command on an SAP HANA server and sees the output above. The /hana/data filesystem is 96% full. Which action should be taken to prevent the database from running out of space?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common misconception in the AWS SAP on AWS Specialty exam is that modifying performance parameters like IOPS or changing the instance type can resolve storage capacity issues. In reality, only resizing the underlying EBS volume and extending the filesystem (e.g., with xfs_growfs or resize2fs) directly addresses a full filesystem on /hana/data.
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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Increase the size of the EBS volume and extend the filesystem
The correct action is to increase the size of the EBS volume and extend the filesystem because the /hana/data filesystem is 96% full, and SAP HANA requires sufficient free space for data growth and savepoint operations. Simply increasing the EBS volume size without extending the filesystem (e.g., using resize2fs or xfs_growfs) would not make the additional space available to the operating system. This approach directly addresses the capacity issue without unnecessary changes to performance or instance type.
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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Increase the IOPS of the EBS volume
Why it's wrong here
IOPS increase does not increase storage capacity.
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Delete old database logs to free up space
Why it's wrong here
This may provide temporary relief but not a long-term solution.
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Increase the size of the EBS volume and extend the filesystem
Why this is correct
This is the standard procedure to add more disk space.
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Migrate the database to a larger instance type
Why it's wrong here
Instance type change does not increase storage capacity.
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