PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
Which TWO of the following are valid strategies to improve the availability of an SAP HANA database on AWS?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse backup strategies (snapshots) or performance scaling (larger instances) with high availability, or incorrectly assume Amazon RDS supports SAP HANA, when in fact HANA requires manual EC2 deployment and native replication features.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Implement automatic failover using SAP HANA System Replication.
SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) provides synchronous or asynchronous replication of the HANA database to a secondary system. Automatic failover can be configured using HSR with tools like Pacemaker or AWS-specific scripts, ensuring high availability by switching to the standby instance if the primary fails. This is a native SAP HANA feature that does not rely on external services.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Implement automatic failover using SAP HANA System Replication.
Why this is correct
Automatic failover is a key HA feature.
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Use Amazon RDS for HANA with Multi-AZ deployment.
Why it's wrong here
RDS does not support HANA.
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Take daily snapshots of the HANA data volume.
Why it's wrong here
Backups are for disaster recovery, not HA.
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Configure SAP HANA System Replication across two Availability Zones.
Why this is correct
Multi-AZ HSR provides high availability.
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Use a larger EC2 instance type for the HANA server.
Why it's wrong here
Scaling up does not improve availability.
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