PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Which TWO of the following are valid options for implementing high availability for SAP NetWeaver on AWS?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse SAP Central Services with a database layer and incorrectly assume RDS Multi-AZ can replace the need for a clustered ASCS/ERS setup, or they think S3 can serve as a shared file system for SAP, but S3 lacks the necessary file-locking and low-latency semantics required by SAP NetWeaver.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Deploy two EC2 instances across Availability Zones with a shared file system (EFS) and a cluster manager.
Deploying two EC2 instances across Availability Zones with a shared file system (Amazon EFS) and a cluster manager (e.g., Pacemaker for Linux or Windows Server Failover Cluster) provides the high-availability architecture required for SAP NetWeaver. The cluster manager monitors the SAP Central Services (ASCS/ERS) and automatically fails over to the standby instance if the primary fails, while EFS provides a shared, highly available file system that both instances can access. This setup meets SAP's HA guidelines for a multi-AZ deployment 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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Use Amazon RDS Multi-AZ for SAP Central Services.
Why it's wrong here
RDS does not support SAP Central Services.
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Use Amazon S3 for shared storage and configure manual failover.
Why it's wrong here
S3 is not a shared file system for SAP.
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Deploy two EC2 instances across Availability Zones with a shared file system (EFS) and a cluster manager.
Why this is correct
This is a common HA pattern for SAP.
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Run SAP Central Services on a single large EC2 instance.
Why it's wrong here
Single instance is a single point of failure.
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Use Windows Server Failover Cluster with Amazon FSx for Windows File Server.
Why this is correct
Windows FC with shared FSx provides HA.
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