id: persistent-volume-claim
name: Persistent Volume Claim
full-link: /docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/
related:
- persistent-volume
- statefulset
- deployment
- pod
tags:
- core-object
- storage
short-description: >
  Claims storage resources defined in a PersistentVolume so that it can be mounted as a volume in a container.
long-description: |
  Specifies the amount of storage, how the storage will be accessed (read-only, read-write and/or exclusive) and how it is reclaimed (retained, recycled or deleted). Details of the storage itself are in the PersistentVolume specification.
