Correct Answer: Write Accelerator
Write Accelerator is a feature exclusively available on M-Series VMs that significantly reduces disk write latency for Premium Storage. It is highly recommended for the /hana/log v...
Correct Answer
Write Accelerator
Why This Answer Is Correct
Write Accelerator is a feature exclusively available on M-Series VMs that significantly reduces disk write latency for Premium Storage. It is highly recommended for the /hana/log volume to achieve the strict sub-millisecond commit times required by SAP HANA.
This question evaluates your knowledge of SAP HANA — a core concept tested in Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty (AZ-120). Understanding SAP HANA is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
You are performing a homogeneous migration of an SAP HANA database from on-premises to Azure. The database is 4 TB in size, and downtime must be strictly minimized. Which migration method should you use?
Your SAP HANA VM (M128s) is running in Azure. During peak batch processing, HANA memory utilization reaches 95%, causing out-of-memory errors. Without changing the VM size, what is the first HANA configuration parameter to tune to reduce memory pressure?
You are performing an SAP system refresh (copying production data to QA) in Azure. The HANA DB is 4TB. Which approach minimizes downtime for the QA system?
Your organization is migrating SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP S/4HANA on Azure. The BASIS team asks whether they can run the SAP OS migration (e.g., from AIX to Linux) and database migration (Oracle to HANA) simultaneously. What is SAP's recommended approach?