beginnerStorage: Volumes, Bind Mounts & tmpfs
Can multiple containers share the same volume simultaneously?
Yes — multiple containers can mount the same named volume at the same time, which is a common pattern for sidecars (e.g., an app container writing logs to a volume that a log-shipping sidecar also mounts and reads). Applications must still handle any necessary file-level coordination/locking themselves; Docker does not provide automatic write coordination.
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