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---
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title: Volume
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id: volume
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date: 2018-04-12
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full_link: /docs/concepts/storage/volumes/
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short_description: >
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A directory containing data, accessible to the containers in a pod.
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aka:
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tags:
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- core-object
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- fundamental
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---
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A directory containing data, accessible to the {{< glossary_tooltip text="containers" term_id="container" >}} in a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="pod" >}}.
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A Kubernetes volume lives as long as the Pod that encloses it. Consequently, a volume outlives any containers that run within the Pod, and data in the volume is preserved across container restarts.
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See [storage](/docs/concepts/storage/) for more information.
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