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Configuring persistent volumes

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Configuring persistent volumes

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- In this video, we are going to check out PersistentVolumes. So, we already know that the Pod volume can use a persistent storage type. But a persistent storage type is not a PersistentVolume, because a PersistentVolume is a specific API resource that defines the storage. Pods that are connected to PersistentVolumes are accessing the PersistentVolume by using a PersistentVolumeClaim. And that's also a separate API resource. And the benefit of this approach is that it's all about decoupling. The Pods doesn't connect to a specific storage type, but it'll pick up what is available according to the PersistentVolumeClaim that it's using. So, to summarize the procedure, the Pod uses a PersistentVolumeClaim and the PersistentVolumeClaim is just a request for storage, like, Hey, I need 10 gigs of storage. Then the PVC is going to check on the network what is available, and it'll connect to a PersistentVolume that has five gigabytes available. Now, this approach is very useful in DevOps…

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