Persistent Volume

What

What is a Persistent Volume (PV)?

A Persistent Volume (PV) is a piece of storage in a Kubernetes cluster that has been provisioned by an administrator or dynamically provisioned using Storage Classes. It is a resource in the cluster, just like a node is a cluster resource. PVs are volume plugins like Volumes but have a lifecycle independent of any individual pod that uses the PV.

What are the types of Persistent Volumes?

The types of Persistent Volumes include NFS, iSCSI, local storage, cloud-provider-specific storage (such as AWS EBS, GCE PD, Azure Disk), and more. The type of storage dictates how the data is stored and accessed.

What is the difference between a Persistent Volume (PV) and a Persistent Volume Claim (PVC)?

A Persistent Volume (PV) is a piece of storage in the cluster, while a Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) is a request for storage by a user. PVCs are used to claim a PV, and the system finds an appropriate PV for the claim.

Why

Why are Persistent Volumes used in Kubernetes?

Persistent Volumes are used to provide persistent storage solutions in Kubernetes. They enable stateful applications to store and retrieve data across pod restarts and re-creations, ensuring data persistence and consistency.

Why separate Persistent Volumes (PVs) from Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs)?

Separating PVs from PVCs provides a decoupled approach to managing storage. Administrators can define and manage the storage resources (PVs) independently of the users who need storage (PVCs). This abstraction allows for more flexibility and resource management.

How

How are Persistent Volumes created?

Persistent Volumes can be created manually by an administrator using a YAML configuration file that defines the volume’s attributes, such as storage capacity, access modes, and storage class. They can also be dynamically provisioned using Storage Classes.

How do Persistent Volume Claims work?

A user creates a PVC by specifying the desired size and access modes. Kubernetes then matches the PVC to an available PV that meets the requirements. If a suitable PV is found, it is bound to the PVC, and the user can use it for their pods.

How can Persistent Volumes be managed?

Persistent Volumes can be managed using Kubernetes commands and YAML files. They can be created, listed, described, and deleted using kubectl commands. Storage Classes can be used to manage dynamic provisioning.

When

When should Persistent Volumes be used?

Persistent Volumes should be used when an application requires data persistence across pod restarts and re-creations. This is common for stateful applications like databases, content management systems, and any application where data integrity and persistence are crucial.

When are Persistent Volumes dynamically provisioned?

Persistent Volumes are dynamically provisioned when a PVC is created with a storage class that supports dynamic provisioning. Kubernetes will automatically create a PV that matches the PVC requirements if no suitable PV exists.

When should you manually create a Persistent Volume?

You should manually create a Persistent Volume when dynamic provisioning is not available or when specific custom configurations are needed that are not covered by the Storage Classes available in the cluster.

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