Question

A team runs a stateful database using a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) bound to a dynamically provisioned PersistentVolume (PV). During cleanup, a junior engineer deletes the PVC, and the underlying cloud disk and its data are immediately destroyed. The team wants future deletions of a PVC to keep the PV and its data intact for manual review before removal. Which change addresses this?

Accepted Answer

Set the PV's persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy to Retain so the volume and data persist after the PVC is deleted

Answer

Set the PV's persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy to Delete to automatically clean up storage safely

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Change the PVC's accessModes to ReadOnlyMany so the disk cannot be deleted

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Add a readiness probe to the database Pod to prevent the PVC from being released