PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP system administrator needs to monitor the health of Amazon RDS for SAP ASE database instances. Which TWO CloudWatch metrics should be used to detect if the database is under memory pressure?
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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`FreeableMemory`
`FreeableMemory` shows available memory, and `SwapUsage` indicates memory pressure when swap is used.
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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`WriteIOPS`
Why it's wrong here
Write IOPS is not directly related to memory pressure.
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`ReadIOPS`
Why it's wrong here
Read IOPS can be affected by memory, but not a direct indicator.
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`FreeableMemory`
Why this is correct
Low freeable memory indicates the database is using most of the available memory.
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`SwapUsage`
Why this is correct
High swap usage indicates memory pressure.
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`DatabaseConnections`
Why it's wrong here
Connection count does not directly reflect memory pressure.
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