PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Exhibit
Refer to the exhibit.
[ec2-user@ip-10-0-1-10 ~]$ aws ec2 describe-volumes --volume-ids vol-0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
{
"Volumes": [
{
"VolumeId": "vol-0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8",
"Size": 500,
"VolumeType": "gp3",
"Iops": 3000,
"Throughput": 125,
"State": "available",
"MultiAttachEnabled": false
}
]
}An SAP administrator wants to attach the EBS volume shown above to two EC2 instances running SAP HANA in a scale-out configuration. What is the issue?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to assume gp3 is a general-purpose volume that supports all features, but AWS explicitly restricts Multi-Attach to io1 and io2 block express only, making this a common pitfall in SAP workload design questions.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
✓
The volume is gp3 type, which does not support Multi-Attach.
The gp3 volume type does not support the Multi-Attach feature, which is required to attach a single EBS volume to multiple EC2 instances simultaneously. For SAP HANA scale-out configurations, shared storage is necessary for the /hana/shared file system, and Multi-Attach is only supported on io1 and io2 block express volumes. Therefore, using a gp3 volume prevents the multi-attach capability needed for this architecture.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
The volume is gp3 type, which does not support Multi-Attach.
Why this is correct
Multi-Attach is only available on io1 and io2 volumes.
- ✗
The volume size is too small for HANA scale-out.
Why it's wrong here
Size is not the issue.
- ✗
SAP HANA scale-out does not support shared volumes.
Why it's wrong here
HANA scale-out can use shared storage, but the volume must support Multi-Attach.
- ✗
The volume IOPS is insufficient.
Why it's wrong here
IOPS is not relevant to Multi-Attach capability.
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