What is the MOST cost-effective solution?
Use Amazon EFS for checkpoint data. To complete the job, use an EC2 Auto Scaling group and an On-Demand pricing model to provision EC2 instances temporarily.
Use GlusterFS on EC2 instances for checkpoint data. To run the batch job, configure EC2 instances manually. When the job completes, shut down the instances manually.
Use Amazon EFS for checkpoint data. Use EC2 Fleet to launch EC2 Spot Instances, and utilize user data to configure the EC2 Linux instance on startup.
Use Amazon EFS for checkpoint data. Use EC2 Fleet to launch EC2 Spot Instances. Create a custom AMI for the cluster and use the latest AMI when creating instances.