PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
Which AWS service can be used to monitor the performance of SAP HANA databases running on EC2 instances?
⚠ Common exam trap
The original question implied two services, but only one AWS service in the list (CloudWatch) is suitable for SAP HANA performance monitoring. Avoid forcing a second answer where none exists; RDS Performance Insights, for example, is exclusive to Amazon RDS and cannot monitor self-managed databases on EC2.
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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Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is the primary AWS service for monitoring the performance of SAP HANA databases on EC2. It can collect custom metrics such as CPU utilization, memory usage, disk I/O, and SAP HANA-specific metrics (e.g., row store memory, column store memory) via the CloudWatch agent or monitoring scripts. The other listed services (Inspector, RDS Performance Insights, X-Ray, Config) are not designed for or capable of directly monitoring self-managed SAP HANA database performance on EC2.
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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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
Correct – Amazon CloudWatch can monitor EC2-hosted SAP HANA via custom metrics.
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Amazon Inspector
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect – Amazon Inspector is a vulnerability scanning tool, not a performance monitor.
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Amazon RDS Performance Insights
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect – Amazon RDS Performance Insights only works with RDS-managed databases, not self-managed SAP HANA on EC2.
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AWS X-Ray
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect – AWS X-Ray is for distributed tracing, not database performance monitoring.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect – AWS Config evaluates resource configuration compliance, not performance.
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