A company has data lakes used for high performance computing (HPC) workloads. Which Amazon EC2 instance family is most appropriate for HPC?

Compute optimized instances (C-family) are the most appropriate choice for High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads. These instances are designed to deliver high-performance processors and are ideal for compute-intensive applications that benefit from high-performance processors, such as scientific modeling, HPC, and gaming servers. General purpose instances offer a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources, making them suitable for a wide range of applications, but not optimized for HPC. Memory optimized instances are designed for workloads that process large datasets in memory. Storage optimized instances are designed for workloads that require high sequential read and write access to very large datasets on local storage.