Understanding Kubernetes Persistent Volume— A Beginner’s Guide

The Art of Kubernetes Persistent Volumes

routerhan
4 min readMay 15, 2023

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In our previous discussions, we explored the usage of NFS for storage, which required users to set up an NFS system and configure it using YAML files. However, expecting users to master all the supported storage systems in Kubernetes is impractical.

To simplify the process and abstract the underlying storage implementation details, Kubernetes introduces two important resources: Persistent Volumes (PV) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVC).

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What is Persistent Volume (PV)?

A Persistent Volume (PV) represents a persistent storage volume in Kubernetes. It…

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routerhan
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Written by routerhan

R&D Software Engineer @IBM Germany. This blog is an independent research of cloud computing.

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