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title: Persistent Volumes
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# Persistent Volume Tab

The **Persistent Volume** tab manages block storage for the cluster. It lists the PersistentVolumes (PVs) associated with the cluster and lets you create and delete them from the portal, while dynamic PersistentVolumeClaims (PVCs) are created from inside the cluster with `kubectl`.

To open it, select a cluster and choose the **Persistent Volume** tab.

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## Persistent Volume List

Each entry shows the volume's **name**, **size**, and **status**. To list claims from inside the cluster:

```bash
kubectl get pvc
```

### Create a Persistent Volume

1. On the **Persistent Volume** tab, select **Add Persistent Volume**.
2. Fill in the required details.
3. Select **Create** to provision the volume.

Review the **Audit Logs** section to see the timestamp and status of the creation.

:::note
Sizes shown in the UI and on the bill are in **GB**, but Kubernetes allocates storage in **GiB** at creation. **Decreasing** the size of an existing volume is not supported - the Kubernetes API does not allow it.
:::

### Delete a Persistent Volume

1. Locate the volume in the list.
2. Select **Delete** and confirm.

:::warning
Deleting a persistent volume permanently destroys all data stored in it. This cannot be undone.
:::

The **Audit Logs** section records the deletion.

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## Dynamic Provisioning

Dynamic provisioning creates volumes on demand when a PVC is created. At least one PersistentVolume must exist in the cluster (created from this tab) before you create a dynamic PVC.

A cluster administrator defines a `StorageClass`, and workloads request storage by referencing it in a PVC. For the full `StorageClass` and PVC manifests using the block storage CSI, see the [Persistent Volumes (PV/PVC) guide](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/guides/persistent-volumes-pvc).

For shared, fault-tolerant volumes backed by SFS, see [Fault-Tolerant Volumes with SFS](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/guides/persistent-volume-sfs).

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## Related Resources

| Resource                                                                                      | Use it for                         |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| [Persistent Volumes (PV/PVC) guide](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/guides/persistent-volumes-pvc) | StorageClass and PVC manifests.    |
| [Fault-Tolerant Volumes with SFS](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/guides/persistent-volume-sfs)    | Shared, resilient storage.         |
| [Object Storage](/docs/myaccount/kubernetes/guides/object-storage)                            | Use object storage from workloads. |