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Storage: Volumes, PVs, PVCs & StorageClass

A container's own filesystem is ephemeral. Kubernetes Volumes solve this at increasing levels of durability: emptyDir (Pod-lifetime), PersistentVolume/PVC (cluster-scoped, outlives Pods), and StorageC

Learning objectives

  • Explain the relationship between a PersistentVolume, a PersistentVolumeClaim, and a StorageClass.
  • Explain what dynamic provisioning actually automates, versus the manual PV-creation approach it replaces.
  • Choose an appropriate access mode and StorageClass for a given stateful workload.

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Storage: Volumes, PVs, PVCs & StorageClass

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