backstoreServer: "[tlx170.tlx.daterainc.com](http://tlx170.tlx.daterainc.com/):7717”
  ```



This manifest defines a PersistentVolume of 100 GB to be provisioned in the Datera Data Fabric, should a pod request the persistent storage.




 ```
[root@tlx241 /]# kubectl get pv

NAME          CAPACITY   ACCESSMODES   STATUS      CLAIM     REASON    AGE

pv-datera-0   100Gi        RWO         Available                       8s

pv-datera-1   100Gi        RWO         Available                       2s

pv-datera-2   100Gi        RWO         Available                       7s

pv-datera-3   100Gi        RWO         Available                       4s
  ```



**Configuration**



The Datera PersistenceVolume plugin is installed on all minion nodes. When a pod lands on a minion node with a valid claim bound to the persistent storage provisioned earlier, the Datera plugin forwards the request to create the volume on the Datera Data Fabric. All the options that are specified in the PersistentVolume manifest are sent to the plugin upon the provisioning request.



Once a volume is provisioned in the Datera Data Fabric, volumes are presented as an iSCSI block device to the minion node, and kubelet mounts this device for the containers (in the pod) to access it.

 ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ILlUm1HrWhGa8uTt97dQ786Gn20FHFZkavfucz05NHv6moZWiGDG7GlELM6o4CSzANWvZckoAVug5o4jMg17a-PbrfD1FRbDPeUCIc8fKVmVBNUsUPshWanXYkBa3gIJy5BnhLmZ)



**Using Persistent Storage**



Kubernetes PersistentVolumes are used along with a pod using PersistentVolume Claims. Once a claim is defined, it is bound to a PersistentVolume matching the claim’s specification. A typical claim for the PersistentVolume defined above would look like below:




 ```
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim

apiVersion: v1

metadata:

  name: pv-claim-test-petset-0

spec:

  accessModes:

    - ReadWriteOnce

  resources:

    requests:

      storage: 100Gi
  ```



When this claim is defined and it is bound to a PersistentVolume, resources can be used with the pod specification:




 ```
[root@tlx241 /]# kubectl get pv

NAME          CAPACITY   ACCESSMODES   STATUS      CLAIM                            REASON    AGE