PersistentVolumeClaims in Kubernetes

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PersistentVolumeClaims

Request persistent storage through a StorageClass.

yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: data
spec:
  accessModes: [ReadWriteOnce]
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 10Gi
๐Ÿ“Œ PVCs request storage and PVs provide it
๐Ÿ” StorageClass controls dynamic provisioning
โš ๏ธ Access modes depend on the storage driver
๐ŸŽฏ Check reclaim policy before deleting claims
storagepvcpersistent-volume

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