- A
AWS Global Accelerator
Why wrong: Global Accelerator improves availability but is not a load balancer for application traffic.
- B
Application Load Balancer
ALB can distribute incoming traffic across multiple AZs and instances.
- C
Amazon CloudFront
Why wrong: CloudFront is a content delivery network, not a load balancer for SAP.
- D
Amazon Route 53 weighted routing
Why wrong: Route 53 weighted routing distributes DNS requests, not traffic at the application layer.
Question 1,113 of 1,733
Which AWS Service Distributes SAP App Server Traffic Across Two Availability Zones?
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.
A company runs SAP NetWeaver on AWS and needs to ensure that the SAP application server instances are evenly distributed across two Availability Zones. Which AWS service should be used to distribute traffic?
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
✓
Application Load Balancer
The Application Load Balancer (ALB) distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as SAP application servers, in different Availability Zones. By registering SAP instances in two AZs and enabling cross-zone load balancing, the ALB ensures even distribution of traffic across both zones, which is critical for high availability and balanced resource utilization in SAP NetWeaver deployments.
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.
- ✗
AWS Global Accelerator
Why it's wrong here
Global Accelerator improves availability but is not a load balancer for application traffic.
- ✓
Application Load Balancer
Why this is correct
ALB can distribute incoming traffic across multiple AZs and instances.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Amazon CloudFront
Why it's wrong here
CloudFront is a content delivery network, not a load balancer for SAP.
- ✗
Amazon Route 53 weighted routing
Why it's wrong here
Route 53 weighted routing distributes DNS requests, not traffic at the application layer.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse DNS-level routing (Route 53 weighted routing) with actual load balancing, not realizing that DNS does not control the distribution of individual requests and cannot react to instance health in real time, whereas an ALB provides layer-7 health checks and even distribution across AZs.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
The ALB uses a round-robin algorithm by default for distributing requests to healthy targets registered in target groups. When cross-zone load balancing is enabled (which is the default for ALB), the load balancer distributes traffic evenly across all registered instances in all enabled Availability Zones, regardless of the zone in which the client request originates. This is essential for SAP NetWeaver because uneven distribution can cause performance bottlenecks or license compliance issues, as SAP licensing often considers the number of application server instances and their utilization.
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
An e-commerce site experiences heavy traffic on Black Friday and near-zero traffic during off-peak weeks. Rather than provisioning permanent large VMs, the team uses auto-scaling groups that add capacity automatically under load and reduce it overnight. Questions like this test whether you understand elasticity, availability zones, and cloud compute scaling patterns.
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Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — This question tests Design of SAP Workloads on AWS — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
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The correct answer is: Application Load Balancer — The Application Load Balancer (ALB) distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as SAP application servers, in different Availability Zones. By registering SAP instances in two AZs and enabling cross-zone load balancing, the ALB ensures even distribution of traffic across both zones, which is critical for high availability and balanced resource utilization in SAP NetWeaver deployments.
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