PAS-C01 · Question #7
A company is planning to migrate its on-premises SAP applications to AWS. The applications are based on Windows operating systems. A file share stores the transport directories and third-party…
The correct answer is D. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server. The SAP applications are running on Windows, and the transport directories and third-party data currently reside on network-attached storage accessed via SMB (the Windows file-sharing protocol). Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is the AWS-managed service that provides a fully…
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A company is planning to migrate its on-premises SAP applications to AWS. The applications are based on Windows operating systems. A file share stores the transport directories and third-party application data on the network-attached storage of the company's on-premises data center. The company's plan is to lift and shift the SAP applications and the file share to AWS. The company must follow AWS best practices for the migration. Which AWS service should the company use to host the transport directories and third-party application data on AWS?
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- AAmazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
- BAWS Storage Gateway
- CAmazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
- DAmazon FSx for Windows File Server
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A9% (3)
- B14% (5)
- C3% (1)
- D74% (26)
Explanation
The SAP applications are running on Windows, and the transport directories and third-party data currently reside on network-attached storage accessed via SMB (the Windows file-sharing protocol). Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is the AWS-managed service that provides a fully managed, highly available SMB file system built on Windows Server. It is the direct AWS equivalent of an on-premises Windows NAS and is the recommended AWS best practice for lifting and shifting Windows-based shared file storage. Amazon EBS (A) is block storage attached to a single EC2 instance and cannot be shared across multiple instances as a file share. AWS Storage Gateway (B) is a hybrid cloud storage service designed to bridge on-premises and AWS storage, not a cloud-native file share replacement. Amazon EFS (C) uses the NFS protocol, which is designed for Linux workloads, not Windows. FSx for Windows File Server is the correct, best-practice choice.
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