PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Which THREE factors should be considered when choosing an EC2 instance type for SAP HANA? (Choose three.)
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates may mistakenly think GPU accelerators are needed for SAP HANA's analytical queries or that local instance store volumes provide persistent storage, when in fact SAP HANA requires certified instance types and persistent storage like EBS.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The instance must have enough memory to fit the HANA database.
SAP HANA is an in-memory database that loads the entire dataset into RAM for processing. The EC2 instance must have sufficient memory to accommodate the HANA database size, including overhead for system tables and temporary data, as specified in the SAP HANA memory sizing guidelines.
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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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The instance must have enough memory to fit the HANA database.
Why this is correct
HANA is memory-optimized.
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The instance must support high network throughput for data replication.
Why this is correct
Needed for system replication.
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The instance should have GPU accelerators for faster query processing.
Why it's wrong here
GPUs are not used for HANA.
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The instance must have local instance store volumes for data persistence.
Why it's wrong here
Local instance store is ephemeral.
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The instance type must be listed in the SAP HANA hardware directory for AWS.
Why this is correct
Certification is required.
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