# Design principles
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 In addition to the design principles outlined in the [Reliability Pillar whitepaper](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/reliability-pillar/design-principles.html), the following pertains specifically to HPC architectures: 
+  **Assess performance tradeoffs with cost and availability requirements:** In high performance computing applications, performance is key. Whether high performance means executing at sub-microsecond latencies or processing at high throughput, when designing your architecture these requirements will need to be balanced with cost, availability, and disaster recovery considerations.