PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
Which TWO of the following are benefits of using SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) on AWS? (Choose 2.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse HSR's ability to support read-enabled secondaries (which is an optional configuration, not automatic load balancing) with the automatic read query distribution seen in other database technologies like Amazon Aurora, leading them to incorrectly select Option E.
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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Supports replication across AWS Regions for disaster recovery
SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) supports asynchronous replication across AWS Regions, enabling disaster recovery by maintaining a secondary system in a different geographic region. This allows failover to the secondary site if the primary region becomes unavailable, meeting RPO and RTO requirements for cross-region DR scenarios.
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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Supports replication across AWS Regions for disaster recovery
Why this is correct
HSR can be configured across regions.
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Provides near real-time data replication for high availability
Why this is correct
HSR synchronizes data to a standby system.
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Improves query performance by distributing workloads
Why it's wrong here
HSR does not improve query performance.
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Automatically scales storage based on database growth
Why it's wrong here
Storage scaling is separate.
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Automatically load balances read queries between primary and secondary
Why it's wrong here
HSR does not load balance; secondary is for failover.
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