Question

A developer creates a PVC named 'cache-data' that dynamically provisions a PV through a StorageClass whose reclaimPolicy is 'Delete'. After testing, the developer deletes the PVC to free resources. A day later, the team asks you to recover the data that was on that volume. Which statement correctly describes what happened and why?

Accepted Answer

The PV and its underlying storage asset were automatically deleted when the PVC was removed, so the data is unrecoverable from Kubernetes.

Answer

The PV entered the 'Released' state and retained the data, so you can simply re-bind a new PVC to recover it.

Answer

The PV remains 'Bound' until an administrator manually deletes it, so the data is still intact and available.

Answer

Deleting a PVC never affects the PV regardless of reclaim policy; only deleting the StorageClass triggers volume cleanup.