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Achieving Low RPO Disaster Recovery for SAP HANA on AWS with System Replication

This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of design of sap workloads on aws. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.

An SAP administrator is planning a Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy for SAP HANA on AWS. The DR site is in a different AWS Region. Which AWS service can replicate SAP HANA data to the DR region with low Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?

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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SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping

SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping is the correct choice because it provides near-synchronous or synchronous replication of HANA data and transaction logs to a secondary system in another AWS Region, enabling a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of seconds or even zero data loss. This native HANA feature is optimized for SAP workloads and integrates directly with HANA's persistence layer, making it the most suitable DR method for low RPO requirements.

Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • ✗

    Amazon EBS snapshots copied to the DR region

    Why it's wrong here

    Snapshots are taken periodically, leading to higher RPO.

  • ✓

    SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping

    Why this is correct

    HANA System Replication provides continuous synchronization with low RPO.

    Related concept

    Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

  • ✗

    AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) with ongoing replication

    Why it's wrong here

    DMS is for migrations and may not support SAP HANA as a target for continuous replication.

  • ✗

    Amazon S3 cross-region replication

    Why it's wrong here

    S3 replication is for objects, not for HANA database replication.

Common exam traps

Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword

The trap here is that candidates often confuse Amazon EBS snapshots or S3 replication as viable low-RPO solutions for SAP HANA, but these are not designed for real-time database replication and cannot match the sub-second RPO of HANA's native log shipping mechanism.

Detailed technical explanation

How to think about this question

SAP HANA System Replication uses a primary-secondary architecture where the primary HANA system continuously ships redo log entries to the secondary system via a dedicated network connection, allowing the secondary to apply them and stay in sync. In a DR scenario across AWS Regions, you can configure the replication mode as 'synchronous' (with 'full sync' or 'memory sync') to ensure zero data loss, but this requires low-latency network links (typically <1 ms RTT for synchronous mode); for cross-region setups, 'asynchronous' mode is more practical, still achieving an RPO of seconds. The replication can be managed via HANA's hdbnsutil or SAP HANA cockpit, and it supports automatic takeover in case of a primary failure.

KKey Concepts to Remember

  • Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
  • Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
  • Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.

TExam Day Tips

  • Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
  • Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.

Key takeaway

Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.

Real-world example

How this comes up in practice

A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.

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What does this PAS-C01 question test?

Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — This question tests Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..

What is the correct answer to this question?

The correct answer is: SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping — SAP HANA System Replication with log shipping is the correct choice because it provides near-synchronous or synchronous replication of HANA data and transaction logs to a secondary system in another AWS Region, enabling a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of seconds or even zero data loss. This native HANA feature is optimized for SAP workloads and integrates directly with HANA's persistence layer, making it the most suitable DR method for low RPO requirements.

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