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---
title: Volume
id: volume
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/concepts/storage/volumes/
short_description: >
A directory containing data, accessible to the containers in a pod.
aka:
tags:
- core-object
- fundamental
---
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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 ](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/ ) for more information.
