id: volume
name: Volume
full-link: /docs/concepts/storage/volumes/
related:
- pod
- container
- secret
tags:
- core-object
- fundamental
short-description: >
 A directory containing data, accessible to the containers in a {% glossary_tooltip text="pod" term_id="pod" %}.
long-description: >
 A Kubernetes volume lives as long as the {% glossary_tooltip text="pod" term_id="pod" %} that encloses it.
 Consequently, a volume outlives any {% glossary_tooltip text="containers" term_id="container" %} that run within the
 {% glossary_tooltip text="pod" term_id="pod" %}, and data is preserved across
 {% glossary_tooltip text="container" term_id="container" %} restarts. 
