PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
An SAP Basis administrator needs to monitor the performance of their SAP HANA database running on an EC2 instance. The administrator wants to visualize key metrics such as CPU utilization, memory usage, and disk I/O in a single dashboard. Which AWS service should be used to create this dashboard?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse AWS Config or CloudTrail with monitoring services, but neither provides real-time metric visualization; CloudWatch Dashboards is the only service designed for aggregating and displaying live performance data in a customizable view.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards
Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards is the correct service because it allows you to create custom, single-pane-of-glass views that aggregate metrics from multiple sources, including EC2 instances. For SAP HANA on EC2, you can pull CPU utilization, memory usage, and disk I/O metrics from CloudWatch (enabled via the CloudWatch Agent or EC2 detailed monitoring) and display them together on one dashboard for real-time performance monitoring.
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 CloudWatch Dashboards
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Dashboards visualize metrics from multiple sources.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config evaluates resource configurations.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor provides recommendations, not custom dashboards.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail records API activity, not metrics.
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