Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes supports cloud-native applications that are designed to run on distributed and dynamic environments.
Kubernetes also supports containers with persistent storage by providing various options such as:
Persistent Volumes: These are abstracted storage resources that can be provisioned by administrators and consumed by users without worrying about the underlying storage implementation.
Persistent Volume Claims: These are requests for storage by users that can be dynamically or statically bound to Persistent Volumes.
Storage Classes: These are ways to describe different kinds of storage offered by a cluster, such as SSD or HDD, performance or capacity, etc.
Volume Snapshots: These are point-in-time copies of Persistent Volumes that can be used for backup or restoration purposes.
Container Storage Interface: This is a standard interface that allows Kubernetes to communicate with various storage vendors and plugins.