PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Which THREE of the following are valid options for high availability of SAP HANA on AWS? (Choose THREE.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse disaster recovery (asynchronous replication to a secondary region) with high availability (synchronous replication within the same region), and assuming that managed services like RDS Multi-AZ support SAP HANA when they do not.
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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Storage replication using NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP.
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides storage-level replication that can be used for SAP HANA high availability. This solution replicates storage volumes between availability zones or regions, enabling failover at the storage layer independently of the database, which is a valid HA architecture for SAP HANA on AWS.
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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Storage replication using NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP.
Why this is correct
Third-party storage replication can provide HA.
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HANA System Replication with automatic failover using AWS Elastic IP or Route53.
Why this is correct
Automatic failover is common for HA.
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SAP HANA replication to a secondary region with asynchronous replication.
Why it's wrong here
Cross-region replication is for disaster recovery, not high availability within the same region.
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Amazon RDS Multi-AZ for HANA.
Why it's wrong here
RDS does not support HANA as a database engine.
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HANA System Replication with manual failover.
Why this is correct
Manual failover is also a valid option.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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