beginnerStorage: Volumes, Bind Mounts & tmpfs
What happens to a named volume when its container is removed?
Nothing — the volume is an independent Docker object with its own lifecycle, separate from any container. docker rm removes the container and its writable layer; the named volume and its data persist until explicitly removed with docker volume rm (and only if no other container references it).
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